At a recent meeting held in San Jose, California, experts expressed a diverging view on the future of EUV. Some believe that EUV, coupled with double patterning and advanced packaging,...
In December 2023, a report from research institution SemiAnalysis created a significant buzz by revealing Intel's adoption of High-Numerical Aperture (High-NA) Extreme Ultraviolet...
Urgent orders from China due to US export controls have become a last resort for ASML in the global semiconductor industry downturn. Now, at the beginning of 2024, ASML has confirmed...
Ahead of the Dutch export ban taking effect in January, ASML canceled the shipment of some DUV machines to China, reportedly at the request of the US government.
The number of ASML machines installed in China is estimated to reach nearly 1,400 units. Most installed and uninstalled machines in China may not be used in fabricating chips with...
With the ongoing US-China tensions, Huawei exemplified its ability to make 7nm chips without EUV equipment, and chip guru Burn Lin believes it's not surprising for Huawei to achieve...
The most notable point from China's leading foundry SMIC's Q3 conference recently was its counter-trend upward revision of the 2023 capital expenditure to a substantial $7.5 billion...
A move that has sparked concerns in the US is the claim that China's Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) already used ASML equipment to build an advanced processor for...
In its latest semiconductor-related trade curbs against China, the US government didn't impose specific sanctions associated with 7nm mobile SoC manufactured by SMIC for Huawei and...
The US Department of Commerce outlined new rules regarding expanded export restrictions to prevent China from acquiring advanced chips, closed loopholes, and added a new parameter...
After Huawei's Mate 60 Pro, featuring the 7nm Kirin 9000S processor produced by SMIC, caused a stir, Dr. Burn-Jeng Lin, dean of the College of Semiconductor Research under Taiwan's...
Silicon photonics technology was hotly discussed during the SEMICON Taiwan 2023. At the Silicon Photonics Global Summit held September 5 alongside the exhibition, I was invited to...
