Lithography is an important stage in the production of chips, the ability to produce modern processors at the level of 3 nm and depends on it. Dutch ASML now has such technologies used by TSMC, Samsung and Intel.
The situation in China is much more complex. Due to sanctions, Huawei cannot order chips from TSMC and is limited to access to SMIC modern EUV browsers. As a result, Chinese manufacturers are forced to work with old technologies and still can produce maximum 7 nm solutions and are probably based on old Asml Duv machines.
According to Goldman Sachs, local Chinese lithographic installations are 65 nm. For comparison, the TSMC is already largely producing 3-nm chipset and preparing to switch to 2 nm.
Analysts emphasize: ASML needed an investment of 20 years and approximately $ 40 billion to go to less than 3 nm of 65 nm. Therefore, Chinese companies are likely to reach Western leaders in the coming years.
Source: Ferra
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