Posted on 01/27/2023 5:09:01 AM PST by FarCenter
The chief executive officer of ASML, the overwhelmingly dominant supplier of lithography equipment to the semiconductor industry, says that China will eventually learn how to make the semiconductor production equipment it cannot import due to sanctions imposed by the US.
In an interview with Bloomberg News published on January 25, Peter Wennink said, “If they cannot get those machines, they will develop them themselves. That will take time, but ultimately they will get there.”
He also said, “The more you put them under pressure, the more likely it is that they will double up their efforts.”
It is only natural that the Chinese would redouble their efforts in the face of American attempts to stifle their high-tech industry. They probably already have.
But the CEO of ASML implies something more: that the sanctions may lead to the creation of what the US is trying to prevent – an independent Chinese semiconductor industry.
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Taking Taiwan wouldn’t help them because Taiwan doesn’t produce semiconductor production capital equipment.
It would be a combination of Chinese R&D with espionage and hiring engineers from abroad.
In an interview with Bloomberg News published on January 25, Peter Wennink said, “If they cannot get those machines, they will develop them themselves. That will take time, but ultimately they will get there.”
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Case in point: China just recently learned how to make the tip - the ball - for ball point pens.
They don’t need to learn, just copy. And they’re very good at that.
There are lots of mobile phones in China.
Their chips can be repurposed.
After years of research, China has finally figured out how to make ballpoint pens
https://www.businessinsider.com/china-has-finally-figured-out-how-to-make-ballpoint-pens-2017-1
The Communist Chinese made an atomic bomb in the 1960’s.
They’ve advanced a lot since.
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