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Can China replicate ASML's chipmaking crown?
China is racing to build its own advanced lithography machines to rival ASML's EUV systems, which are essential for cutting-edge chip production. The effort faces immense technical hurdles, including sourcing complex optics and precision components under export controls. Success would reshape global semiconductor supply chains and challenge US-led restrictions.
Meridian48 take
The story rightly highlights the monumental challenge, but underplays how far China already lags in the ecosystem—even a breakthrough would take years to scale.
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