China’s Homegrown EUV Machines Rumored for Q3 Trial Production, Spelling Trouble for ASML | TrendForce News
[News] China’s Homegrown EUV Machines Rumored for Q3 Trial Production, Spelling Trouble for ASML | TrendForce News
(...) Unlike ASML’s LPP (laser-produced plasma) method, which relies on high-energy lasers and complex FPGA-based controls, the report indicates that China’s LDP (laser-induced discharge plasma) offers a simpler design, smaller footprint, better energy efficiency, and potentially lower production costs.
(...) set for trial production for the third quarter, 2025, with mass manufacturing aimed for 2026.
i wish for the European Union to develop and become less reliant on the USA. As for this development in China, there will be (in my opinion) many effects, including a decrease in pressure on Taiwan.
You know the light sources come from SanDiego California right? But they go into the EUV machines built by ASML in the Netherlands using lasers from Germany. But the machines get transported and assembled at the costumer's site.
If China has a rival machine this will technologically bankrupt not only the US but also Europe. Additionally, China would have no more reason to not attack and take over Taiwan.
Good. Competition and progress.