Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by xadhominemx on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @10:13AM
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There is not a single major advanced hard tech application where China has the leading technology (except for maybe sub-6 5G, which isn’t that difficult), and EUV is the most challenging hard tech application ever. So I am not that optimistic about their prospects.
Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by snicker7 on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @01:02AM
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Things moved fast in China (rather Shrnzhen) due to a period of ultra-liberal economics that Xi is now dismantling.
Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by sudosysgen on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @02:22AM
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Xi has been cracking down a lot on "soft tech". Hardware tech has never been anywhere close to liberal even in Shenzhen, where all levels of government always had massive levels of investment and involvement in the industry.
Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by sitkack on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @03:48AM
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Could you define soft tech in this context?
Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by sudosysgen on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @05:37AM
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Software, digital services, as opposed to technology pertaining to hardware.
Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by bobthepanda on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @12:30AM
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YMMV, depending on the technology.
As an example where this hasn't worked so well, COMAC's aircraft production has not been doing too hot.
EUV took decades and billions of dollars in trial and error before the current techniques were figured out. Due to the West's tendency to publish successful techniques, China won't have to repeat these steps.