Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once Again

Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by insane_dreamer on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @09:36AM (#39454313)

so they decided foreign technical competitors should not benefit from US taxpayer-funded research (makes sense) but then allowed ASML to buy SVG and thereby monopolizing (quite literally) this most critical of technologies? idiots.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by kjkjadksj on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @11:37AM (#39455999)

The first part doesn’t make sense at all. A huge percentage of american taxpayer funded research is released openly to the world. It only makes sense in using it to create the latter monopoly, though, I guess showing where incentives really lie.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by p1esk on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @10:25AM (#39454938)

Did Intel get the license?

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by insane_dreamer on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:52PM (#39457858)

Intel's focus was chip design and manufacturing, not tooling; it took a long time (and money) for ASML to develop its cutting-edge EUV tech. Besides SVG, ASML also bought other key US EUV component developers like Cymer (lasers) and HMI.

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Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A... by user_7832 on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @12:40PM (#39456920)

I thought the US favored companies over individuals, but evidently this isn't limited to US based corps.

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