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ASML exposure equipment
attempt to decompose and reverse engineer
Finally broke it
Chinese engineers disassemble ASML’s old DUV exposure oil and design it
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I tried to analyze it
The plan completely failed.
When the system stopped working, they called ASML for “device failure” and repaired it.
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However, ASML technicians who arrived at the scene had already disassembled the equipment and reinstalled it.
I found it in assembled condition.
Even DUV equipment requires complex precision optics and correction technology.
It’s not at a level where you can simply use it as a beb.
This incident shows how fierce the competition for semiconductor hegemony is.
Because China is still bound by export restrictions on steel EUV equipment.
That equipment costs hundreds of millions of dollars per unit;; In the Netherlands, they make about 10 units a year.