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Chinese chipmaking tool roadmaps examined — Beijing's nascent lithography tools target DUV production at five machines a year, and an EUV prototype with no chips (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Luke James | tags: china, lithography, asml

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China begins producing advanced chipmaking deep-ultraviolet lithography machines (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-07-30 | tags: china, deep-ultraviolet lithography, chipmaking

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China’s reported chip breakthrough comes with some big caveats (cnbc.com)

2026-07-28 | by Arjun Kharpal | tags: asml, china, semiconductor

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China Begins Mass Production of Homegrown DUV Chip Tools (slashdot.org)

2026-07-27 | tags: duv lithography, smic, hua hong

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China begins mass production of homegrown immersion chipmaking machines in major breakthrough, report claims — first DUV lithography units will be delivered this year to SMIC, Hua Hong, and CXMT (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-27 | by Luke James | tags: duv lithography, smic, hua hong semiconductor

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Zeiss expands German site that caps ASML's EUV scanner output — first new building opens four years after Oberkochen site groundbreaking (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-26 | by Luke James | tags: asml, zeiss, euv scanners

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This Former Intel CEO Wants to Jumpstart Moore’s Law With Light (wired.com)

2026-07-21 | by Joel Khalili | tags: moores law, asml, xlight

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ASML's planned Low-NA EUV machine price hikes reportedly frustrate TSMC — lithography machine maker comes knocking to make bank on TSMC's profitable fabs, potentially costing the Taiwanese chipmaker billions (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Anton Shilov | tags: asml, low-na euv, tsmc

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ASML looks to increase prices of its Low-NA EUV tools beyond existing productivity-based model — company wants to capture the value of all the advantages its tools offer, not just wafer throughput improvements (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-17 | by Anton Shilov | tags: asml, euv lithography, tsmc

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Intel becomes the first company to ship high-volume logic chips made with ASML's High NA EUV — select Panther Lake layers on 18A are now dual-qualified for 0.55 NA scanners (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-15 | by Etiido Uko | tags: asml, high, high na

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Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-25 | by Connie Loizos | get AMD Ryzen 7000 Series → | tags: asml, chip war, euv lithography

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The Download: the future of chipmaking and Anthropic’s government clash (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-23 | by Thomas Macaulay | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: asml, euv, anthropic

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The $400 million machine powering the future of chipmaking (technologyreview.com)

2026-06-23 | by Clive Thompson | get Intel NUC Mini PC → | tags: asml, tsmc, lithography machines

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ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says 'rumors' are 'inaccurate and damaging to our reputation' (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Anton Shilov | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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The Trump administration suspects an ASML chipmaking machine made it into China. ASML says that's impossible. (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Skye Jacobs | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, semiconductors

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China, but how? (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t. (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, tsmc

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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Digital Printing of Arabic: explaining the problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by View All Posts The Digital Orientalist | get Arabic Digital Printing Guide → | tags: arabic script, movable type, lithography

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Chinese startup claims photonic chip production without DUV lithography, says nanoimprint process cuts costs by 90% — 8-inch wafers produced without conventional optical lithography (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-08 | by Etiido Uko | get Nanoimprint Lithography Kit → | tags: lithography, manufacturing, nanoimprint

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Nikon weaponizes lower prices to break ASML's lithography monopoly — tech giant leverages in-house manufacturing to slash prices to lure back American chipmakers (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-30 | by Luke James | get Nikon D750 DSLR Camera → | tags: nikon, asml, lithography

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Quantum dot qubit using High NA EUV lithography (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | get Quantum Dot Qubit Kit → | tags: imac, euv lithography, quantum dot

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Imec builds world's first High-NA EUV-fabricated quantum dot qubit device — breakthrough could pull quantum computing onto the same manufacturing roadmap as next-gen AI processors, compressing timelines (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-25 | by Etiido Uko | get Quantum Dot Qubit Kit → | tags: imec, high-na euv, quantum dot

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ASML CEO says Elon Musk is 'very serious' about TeraFab chipmaking megaproject, confirms direct talks — Musk targets $119 billion Texas semiconductor facility (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-21 | by Luke James | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, terafab, elon musk

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SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-19 | by Luke James | get Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Kit → | tags: smic, amec, china

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ASML to equip India’s first commercial chip fab — $11 billion Dholera project targets 50,000 wafers a month (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Luke James | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, tata electronics, dholera fab

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Samsung starts winding down chip production six days before planned 18-day strike — company enters 'emergency management mode,' daily losses could hit $2 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Luke James | get Samsung Chip Production Kit → | tags: samsung, semiconductor, wafer

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Desperate SK hynix customers offer to buy its EUV machines and fund new fabs as memory capacity hits zero amid crushing AI-driven shortages — worsening global shortages pry open wallets to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Luke James | get SK hynix EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: sk hynix, euv lithography, memory shortage

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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, extreme ultraviolet lithography, chip manufacturing

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ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by John Cole | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, semiconductor