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ASML publishes most of the research and theres not much stopping people from building their own EUV lithography machines. Its just very very very hard and basic
by TechDebtDevin 1y ago
ASML publishes most of the research and theres not much stopping people from building their own EUV lithography machines. Its just very very very hard and basically the equivalent of doing magic. China is making incredible progress on this front.
- airstrike 1y agoThe problem with these things is that there are always trade secrets that aren't published anywhere. So you'd need to actually hire people with specific knowledge to be able to replicate it. The world (and the West specifically) definitely needs to build redundancy ASAP here.
- TechDebtDevin 1y agoThe new machines are 2-3 stories tall, require an Airbus to transport, have complexity on par with the worlds largest particle accelerators, if not more complex. Because of this, the supply chains are highly intertwined no one country and can isolate that supply chain. The Dutch can't build it without our contributions, and neither could we without theirs. Lots of moving parts here literally and figuratively.
- airstrike 1y agoThat's a separate concern and doesn't change the fact that parts of that supply chain are irreplaceable. The Dutch don't have to willfully sabotage ASML for it to be an issue.