ASML announced the delivery of lithography machines, the acceleration of chip manufacturing in the United States, and the first list of Biden was revealed.
ASML officially announced that their high-end lithography machine has been delivered.
According to information released by the Dutch company ASML, the company has provided its latest high-aperture far-ultraviolet lithography machine to Intel. Some time ago, this optical microscope was shipped from the factory of the ASML company in the Netherlands.
It is worth mentioning that "DigiTimes" previously reported that ASML will launch 10 2nm process chips in 2024, while Intel has purchased 6. Clearly, Intel will put more effort into this. And this also indicates that the United States will invest more energy in chip production.
The United States wants to support the domestic semiconductor industry, and Intel is one of them. Whether it's TSMC or Samsung, both of these companies are foreign companies, and it is impossible for them to bring the most advanced technology to the United States. In other words, although Lao Mei has taken out a lot of funds, it only controls the entire industrial chain, and the core core technology is still in their own hands.
And now, Intel has decided to buy the most advanced lithography machine, which is undoubtedly a huge help for the semiconductor industry in the United States.
However, it is strange that Intel, although ambitious, wants to occupy a global position on the basis of TSMC. But in fact, their actions are not very conspicuous. Even U.S. semiconductor manufacturers have raised questions about Intel, believing that they are likely to abandon production in the United States.
American companies are not embarrassed by Intel, and Intel has also said that they will produce new devices according to the needs of the American market. And now, most American companies are looking at TSMC and Samsung, why did Intel start making these products so quickly?
In fact, this can start with the status of the grant. In the past, Intel still attached great importance to the policy of the United States, especially when TSMC entered the market, Intel has been **, and does not want foreign companies to get more subsidies. And as the subsidies from the United States are getting less and less, Intel even "threatened" them not to build factories in the United States.
Biden announced the first grant program and issued grants to companies such as Intel and TSMC. Obviously, this is also because of the list announced by Lao Mei before, so that Intel had to hurry up.
But that's just one of the reasons. Intel certainly won't do that, and even if it did, Israel's current production capacity wouldn't let them do it. Therefore, Intel must also pay attention to a requirement about the market, which is why Intel focuses on imported products. And Nvidia also said that it is willing to provide chips for Intel and is willing to cooperate with Intel.
Everyone knows how influential Nvidia is in the field of artificial intelligence, and if Intel wants to seize this opportunity, it must accelerate its own research and development, and the reason why Intel is doing this is also because of this.
However, Intel's move is undoubtedly a huge blow to TSMC, because most consumers in the United States want to produce their own chips. It's just uncertain, in the face of pressure from Intel's side, will TSMC give in and choose to build a more high-end integrated circuit manufacturing base in the United States?What are your thoughts on Intel's current behavior?