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>China doesn't possess the capability to build their own competitive chips The US doesn't either. ASML is the only supplier of cutting-edge lithography systems
by Dah00n 4y ago
>China doesn't possess the capability to build their own competitive chips
The US doesn't either. ASML is the only supplier of cutting-edge lithography systems and they are Dutch, not from Taiwan or the US. Without them Intel and TSMC couldn't do what they do and US sanctions is why China can't currently build competitive chips. It is not because of some kind of US tech brilliance.
- petra 4y agoI believe TSMC is 50% owned by US companies.
- selectodude 4y agoIntel owns a significant chunk of ASML but it’s always been a fully Dutch company. That being said, ASML is 100 percent reliant on US Government research for their EUV breakthroughs, which is why the USG can tell them who they can and can’t sell to.
- windexh8er 4y agoLook at the top 12 chip manufacturers globally. The ones that design the chips that run our everyday lives. They are mostly US based companies. The IP is within, mostly, US based companies. I posted this in another comment. This is why the US is heavily subsidizing bringing that to US soil [0]. This is preemptive, but in many ways, a bit late. If you're saying the US doesn't know how to design and build chips then you're conflating two very different things. The US manufacturers used to build them here, but the global supply chain made it infeasible to do it on US soil historically. The US currently doesn't have the manufacturing capacity to fabricate the chips they design - but the actual R&D is here. China doesn't have that. > It is not because of some kind of US tech brilliance. If that's the case then please share one Chinese rival to Intel / AMD. [0] https://www.nist.gov/semiconductors/chips-act https://www.nist.gov/semiconductors/chips-act