Subtitle: Popular science writer dispels rumors about China breaking through the lithography technology chokehold.

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Feature Translation: Can China independently develop advanced lithography machines?

Context: This past week, the tech-obsessed slice of China's internet was abuzz with news that Tsinghua University had developed a new approach to producing extreme ultraviolet (EUV) light sources. The ability to generate wavelengths of EUV light is important for advanced lithography machines, key equipment used to produce the chips that train fancy AI models and power our mobile phones. [...]

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First published:
September 25th, 2023

Source:
https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-238-can-china-independently

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