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What about reverse-engineering, is it a real possibility for creating fab equipment ? or are those too complex and opaque ?
by petra 6y ago
What about reverse-engineering, is it a real possibility for creating fab equipment ? or are those too complex and opaque ?
- blackrock 6y agoNo, this is too fundamental of a science. Reverse engineering is just working backwards, until you get to parity. Certainly, this will get you far, but you’ll always be a step behind the leader. But what you really need, is to advance and take the lead. In order to achieve that, you need the scientific process here to understand the fundamental basics. Then you can build on that and expand. But, what we know is that the Dutch company, ASML, has a tool that can achieve 5nm. To China, this means that the engineering is possible. They just have to throw more time, money, and people at it. They don’t even need to follow the same techniques as ASML, they just have to get at the same end result, the 5nm. Solve the basic science, and it will allow you to achieve the engineering. Then, they can expand, and target 3nm, or whatever the next technology is. Carbon nanotubes based CPUs?