Thursday, March 4, 2021

Global semiconductor shortage spurs run on vintage chipmaking tools

Chip factories like Polar use these tools to make chips on 200-millimeter silicon wafers, which were state-of-the-art two decades ago. Now, advanced chips are made using much larger wafers, but there is still a lot of demand for simpler, older chips. https://ift.tt/30cjN4H

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Center for Technology & Statecraft: Chinese fabs had acquired ~343 DUVi tools by early 2026, with ~270 from ASML; DUVi can be adapted to make 7nm chips and HBM (Howard Liu/South China Morning Post)

Howard Liu / South China Morning Post : Center for Technology & Statecraft: Chinese fabs had acquired ~343 DUVi tools by early 2026, ...