China's semiconductor industry might have taken a technological leaps, as a report claims that the nation has built the first EUV prototype.
  • SabinStargem@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    vor 8 Monaten

    The EU should secure a deal with Taiwan. The US has already tried to extort money of Taiwan by threatening the removal of protection. For the sake of democracy’s power and prosperity, the EU should offer to officially protect Taiwan. Having access to quality chips is key to all sorts of things.

    Anyhow, the channel ‘Asianometry’, has a video covering the physics of EUV machines. They are an incredible linchpin of our modern world.

    The Extreme Engineering of ASML’s EUV Light Source

    • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      vor 8 Monaten

      The EU does not have the military capacity to protect Taiwan.

      That’s not mentioning that the EU is not a military alliance. That’s the first political challenge to tackle.

      Anyhow, the channel ‘Asianometry’, has a video covering the physics of EUV machines. They are an incredible linchpin of our modern world.

      So true. This stuff is absolutely mind-blowing. Especially if you are old enough to remember how some of that seemed like almost unsurmountable problems. Now the solution are used in mass production.

    • narinciye@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
      71·
      vor 8 Monaten

      In the meanwhile, EU also have to focus on manufacturing of the chips themselves in the long run, instead of depending on a 20 million nation.