Russian media attention: China is testing microchip production equipment!
Netizen Solovyev: And we are far behind in this field.
Russian media published an article on September 19.
China's SMIC is testing deep ultraviolet lithography machines manufactured by the Shanghai startup Yuliangsheng.
It can support 28nm chip manufacturing and may be able to produce 7nm chips through technological means.
Successful testing will help China overcome U.S. restrictions on the export of chip manufacturing technology.
Russian media said that so far, Chinese companies still rely largely on equipment from Dutch chip equipment manufacturer ASML Holding,
ASML is the global leader in advanced lithography equipment manufacturing.
However, due to U.S. export restrictions, Chinese companies cannot access ASML's latest developments.
Therefore, China has been developing technological sovereignty in this field, and now there are many accumulations in this area.
So what about Russia?
Russia is currently unable to independently produce chips, and it will not be able to do so in the short term,
therefore, Russia is likely to purchase chips from others.
But on this basis, everything depends on geopolitics: Russia will purchase chips from those it befriends.
7nm chips refer to integrated circuits manufactured using 7nm process technology, where "7nm" represents the width of the transistor gate or the minimum structural size of approximately 7nm (1nm equals one billionth of a meter), this indicator directly determines the performance, power consumption, and integration of the chip.
As of September 2025, 7nm chips are not the most advanced, but they are still the mainstream advanced technology at present.
Original: www.toutiao.com/article/1843650104979652/
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