Canon plans to barrel its way onto ASML’s turf
Undercutting the Dutch
Canon plans to price its new chipmaking gear at a fraction of the cost of ASML Holding NV's best lithography machines.
Suppliers should buy chips sold to blacklisted Yangtze Memory Technologies back
Do the right thing
Blacklisted Yangtze Memory Technologies Co has asked its suppliers to buy back the chips and equipment it is forbidden to use.
US government wants more sanctions against Chinese chip makers
Wants to set the Chinese back ten years
The US government is working on even tighter restrictions to set Chinese chipmakers back nearly a decade.
Dutch government blocks sales of chip printing machines to China
Now the Dutch are surrendering to US
The Dutch government confirmed for the first time it will impose new export controls on microchips manufacturing equipment on China.
Intel completes 1.8nm and 2nm node development
Does not mean that it is good to go
Intel has completed development of its Intel 18A (1.8nm-class) and Intel 20A (2nm-class) fabrication processes for its Intel Foundry Services (IFS) division, Tom's Hardware says.
Huawei learns how extreme ultraviolet lithography works
China no longer depends on Dutch or US tech
Huawei is now able to create chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) which means that it finally has a foot in the door of serious chip development.
ASML attacks US trade restrictions on China
It makes no sense and only benefits US companies
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML CEO Peter Wennink has waded into the US’s moves to get the Netherlands to adopt new rules restricting exports to China make sense.
China’s chip industry growing faster than anywhere in the world
It looks like Trump’s tech war made things worse
China's chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after US sanctions on local champions from Huawei to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components.
ASML sues Dongfang Jingyuan Electron
You nicked our tech
ASML has pressed IP theft allegations against two firms created by 'flagbearer' for China's semiconductor industry Dongfang Jingyuan Electron.
ASML "High-NA" version of EUV prototype ready
A new $400 million machine will become flagship
ASML which makes the other chip-making gear that chipmakers depend on is rolling out a new prototype machine which it hopes will be its new flagship.