37 high-end DUV lithography machines! ASML officially announced: the export authority of the 7nm lithography machine was withdrawn.
That's 37 high-end lithography machines! ASML officially announced that the 7 nm lithography machine will no longer be exported!
Lithography technology is indeed very powerful, but unfortunately, it has also become a trump card for the United States to suppress China's technological development.
This "jewel in the crown of Western industry" consists of hundreds to hundreds of thousands of parts, involving work at the nanoscale, driving manufacturing by the Dutch company ASML.
But when Lao Mei, the big brother of the capitalist world, asks you, do you agree or disagree?
Some time ago, the Dutch ASML officially announced that its 7 nm lithography technology has been completely withdrawn.
Although the Chinese once relied on ASML's lithography technology, we now know that the fundamental technology cannot be bought, cannot be bought!
The successive U.S. bans could worsen China's lithography technology.
Nowadays, the world's high-end lithography machines have been monopolized by ASML, and low-end lithography machines occupy more than 90% of the market share, which can be said to control the lifeblood of the world's chips.
However, after the U.S. signs the Wassenaar Arrangement, China will not be able to purchase EUV lithography machines from ASML.
Subsequently, the U.S.-Japan-Netherlands Semiconductor Agreement (U.Ds.states agreement) came into effect in 2023 to ban the export of mid-to-high-end deep ultraviolet lithography machines to China.
ASML, however, reached a deal with the United States"Compromise"In order to protect the huge Chinese consumer market, the company enacted a months-long oil rights last year.
They were relieved that the Chinese company had purchased more than 46 percent of its lithography machines from ASML.
It wasn't until 2024 that ASML officially announced that it had withdrawn its export qualifications for two 7 nm lithography machines, and that it might not export advanced deep ultraviolet lithography machines to the mainland in the future.
At present, large Chinese enterprises have been able to adopt NXT 1980D38nm lithography technology, and they can also use multiple ** processes to manufacture 7 nm chips.
And what about China's heart?
Many people speculate whether there will be a vacuum in China's chip industry. Will a large number of domestic chip production lines be forced to stop production?
First of all, Chinese companies took the opportunity of the US chip sanction to import a large number of lithography machines from the Netherlands, according to ASML statistics, Chinese mainland currently has 1400 lithography machines, enough to ** the semiconductor equipment required for chip production in China.
Second, China is committed to accelerating the research and development of domestic lithography machines.
In the face of repeated U.S. nuclear sanctions, we have an unprecedented investment of money and thousands of semiconductor researchers.
Something. In any case, what the United States does is harmful.
By 2023, the total global semiconductor** will be about 30% lower than in 2022. The promotion of lithography technology in the United States has brought earth-shaking changes to the global industrial chain.