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It’s a utopia, that sanctions will help keep China in technology research behind. There is no star metal in ASML machines. Same silicon, tightly manufactured me
by lnsru 3y ago
It’s a utopia, that sanctions will help keep China in technology research behind. There is no star metal in ASML machines. Same silicon, tightly manufactured mechanical parts. Same laws of physics. One day China will catch up and compete with classical semiconductor companies. It’s actually already happening. See ESP32 wireless microprocessors.
- pjmlp 3y agoIt was the same thing with cryptography export regulations, other countries ended up developing alternatives.
- andrewstuart 3y agoEspressif is a designer, not a fab.
- Grum9 3y ago[dead]
- RetroTechie 3y agoMore general: as soon as a country (or group of 'friendly nations') reaches a certain technology base, it can start doing things that technology base enables. Will it do so? Of course that also depends on politics & economic factors. This happened for steel smelting, electricity, all sorts of manufacturing, IT, internet access, medicine & so on. Right now, a process node like 7nm is only manufactured in a few places. A decade or 2 from now, that'll likely be a few more (I put my money on India, EU & Brazil. Unsure about Russia given the self-destruct path it has chosen). Some more time, and 7nm is old news that every reasonable tech-able country can do for themselves (should they choose to). Assuming tech keeps advancing, one or 2 high tech hubs will become many.
- est 3y ago> ESP32 wireless microprocessors I believe it uses a Tensilica Xtensa LX6, which is not Chinese.