Re:Japan Bets $67B to Become a Global Chip Powerhouse Once A...
by ein0p on Wednesday February 21, 2024 @01:07PM
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It kind of did though. You’re talking about incremental cost, building on top of what’s already there. And what’s there was already quite formidable
Blanket ban is also not going to work on account of the West only representing 1/8th of the world’s population.
> Overall, EUV lithography machines needed more than $6.3B in R&D investments over 17 years to come to market
Japan could do it too (GigaPhoton had viable light source, but no customer).
Even if they were only 10% as efficient in R&D, it's peanuts to Chinese government.
EUV is being talked as some super mega project, but this is basically peanuts. Roughly 80 F-35. Even if rhey are far less efficient i wouldn't count on it for long.
Sure, it's legacy SWE for now, vut even that us better than all countries save 3-4.
Current sanctions are bust, it's time to comtemplate blank ban on chinese made chip.
https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-chip-equipment-ma...