Again perfect timing It didn't mentioned the SSMB per se But with news publication coming from China you need to read between the lines and understand what it meant. The key words is CAS (China Academy of Science) and the other is a new type of particle accelerator light source "steady-state micro-bunching" 
and also regarding the news headline it's to optimistic, I follow the opinion of @Oldschool that in 2025 we may see a Chinese EUVL in operation powered by CAS SSMB.
Chip manufacturing has always been the biggest shortcoming of the domestic semiconductor industry, and most of the chips we use, about 50% are purchased from the United States at high prices. According to statistics, from 2019 to 2020, Chinese chips The total amount of imports exceeds 300 billion, accounting for about 40% of the global semiconductor consumer market, far exceeding oil!
However, the old American, who has made a lot of money from the Chinese market, hates the rise of domestic high-tech companies such as Huawei. Industrial channels have caused Huawei HiSkong to have top-notch chip design skills, but it is useless.
The reason why we are trapped in the chip ban is largely due to the lack of EUV lithography equipment. However, ASML, the only Dutch giant that can produce EUV equipment in the world, is restricted by "export control" due to the American technology accessories contained in its production line, so that it has never been able to sell the equipment to us.
After Huawei was cut off, Ren Zhengfei visited the Chinese Academy of Sciences for help. The two sides reached a clear consensus: The key to breaking the ice of domestic chips is the EUV lithography machine.
In order to realize the rise of "China Core", the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the initiative to take over the task and established a special EUV core technology research team, which is bound to complete the breakthrough in the shortest time.
Unexpectedly, when ASML learned that we were going to develop EUV on our own, they would sneer and say: Even if they give Chinese drawings, they will make them. Although engineering academician Wu Hanming also said: EUV is the crystallization of global wisdom, it is very unrealistic for us to research and develop on our own.
However, in the face of Lao Mei's bottom-line suppression, we who are "stucked" have no room to "retire" at all. More importantly, the development of EUV is not only to clear the obstacles on the road to localization of chips, but also to safeguard the dignity of the nation!
Therefore, any doubts and ridicules cannot obliterate the determination of Chinese scientists to break through the EUV monopoly.
Sure enough, the good news came soon. Huazhuo Precision Technology took the lead and independently developed a dual-stage system, one of the core technologies of EUV, and became the second company in the world to master this technology after ASML.
Witnessing China's R&D progress in the field of lithography, ASML, which once poured cold water, also immediately changed its tune. Not only did it show its favor to the Chinese market five times, it even began to “snatch”, saying: If the United States continues sanctions, China will be alone within 15 years. Created EUV lithography machine.
However, ASML obviously still underestimated the perseverance and strength of Chinese scientists, and never expected it to be so fast. In just one year, China's EUV lithography machine was about to land.
In addition to the dual work stage system, EUV equipment has two core technologies, namely the light source and the optical lens.
In terms of light sources, the scientific research team led by Professor Tang Chuanxiang of Tsinghua University successfully explored a new type of particle accelerator light source "steady-state micro-bunching" in February this year. Ultraviolet light is the working light source of EUV. What's more commendable is that China's independent light source technology is not only suitable for EUV, but also has a wider range of application scenarios.
Only less than 6 months later, CCTV reported great news related to optical lenses.
The first domestic high-energy radiation light source equipment independently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has officially completed the installation and application.
At the same time, the linear Lloyd lens coating device and nano-focusing lens coating device developed by Zhongke Kemei have also been put into use.
These two devices combined with high-radiation light source equipment can almost meet the physical lens technology of all process requirements, including Zeiss lenses.
This means that the three core technologies of EUV lithography machines have all been broken, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has also fulfilled its promise.
Although EUV claims to have more than 100,000 precision parts, it has not yet broken through, but can it be more aircraft carriers? This is not a big problem for the huge Chinese manufacturing market.
Looking back over the past seventy years, under the blockade of the West, China's scientific and technological development road has been very bumpy, but it has never stopped. One by one, the first achievements are coming. One super project has won the world, and scientific breakthroughs have benefited mankind. "Turning in circles, competing with hundreds of rivers" is the most appropriate description of China's science and technology. What is the point of a small EUV lithography machine?
and also regarding the news headline it's to optimistic, I follow the opinion of @Oldschool that in 2025 we may see a Chinese EUVL in operation powered by CAS SSMB.EUV lithography machine announced a breakthrough, Chinese Academy of Sciences fulfilled its promise, ASML did not expect it to be so fast
2022-01-13 22:12 HKTChip manufacturing has always been the biggest shortcoming of the domestic semiconductor industry, and most of the chips we use, about 50% are purchased from the United States at high prices. According to statistics, from 2019 to 2020, Chinese chips The total amount of imports exceeds 300 billion, accounting for about 40% of the global semiconductor consumer market, far exceeding oil!
However, the old American, who has made a lot of money from the Chinese market, hates the rise of domestic high-tech companies such as Huawei. Industrial channels have caused Huawei HiSkong to have top-notch chip design skills, but it is useless.
The reason why we are trapped in the chip ban is largely due to the lack of EUV lithography equipment. However, ASML, the only Dutch giant that can produce EUV equipment in the world, is restricted by "export control" due to the American technology accessories contained in its production line, so that it has never been able to sell the equipment to us.
After Huawei was cut off, Ren Zhengfei visited the Chinese Academy of Sciences for help. The two sides reached a clear consensus: The key to breaking the ice of domestic chips is the EUV lithography machine.
In order to realize the rise of "China Core", the Chinese Academy of Sciences took the initiative to take over the task and established a special EUV core technology research team, which is bound to complete the breakthrough in the shortest time.
Unexpectedly, when ASML learned that we were going to develop EUV on our own, they would sneer and say: Even if they give Chinese drawings, they will make them. Although engineering academician Wu Hanming also said: EUV is the crystallization of global wisdom, it is very unrealistic for us to research and develop on our own.
However, in the face of Lao Mei's bottom-line suppression, we who are "stucked" have no room to "retire" at all. More importantly, the development of EUV is not only to clear the obstacles on the road to localization of chips, but also to safeguard the dignity of the nation!
Therefore, any doubts and ridicules cannot obliterate the determination of Chinese scientists to break through the EUV monopoly.
Sure enough, the good news came soon. Huazhuo Precision Technology took the lead and independently developed a dual-stage system, one of the core technologies of EUV, and became the second company in the world to master this technology after ASML.
Witnessing China's R&D progress in the field of lithography, ASML, which once poured cold water, also immediately changed its tune. Not only did it show its favor to the Chinese market five times, it even began to “snatch”, saying: If the United States continues sanctions, China will be alone within 15 years. Created EUV lithography machine.
However, ASML obviously still underestimated the perseverance and strength of Chinese scientists, and never expected it to be so fast. In just one year, China's EUV lithography machine was about to land.
In addition to the dual work stage system, EUV equipment has two core technologies, namely the light source and the optical lens.
In terms of light sources, the scientific research team led by Professor Tang Chuanxiang of Tsinghua University successfully explored a new type of particle accelerator light source "steady-state micro-bunching" in February this year. Ultraviolet light is the working light source of EUV. What's more commendable is that China's independent light source technology is not only suitable for EUV, but also has a wider range of application scenarios.
Only less than 6 months later, CCTV reported great news related to optical lenses.
The first domestic high-energy radiation light source equipment independently developed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has officially completed the installation and application.
At the same time, the linear Lloyd lens coating device and nano-focusing lens coating device developed by Zhongke Kemei have also been put into use.
These two devices combined with high-radiation light source equipment can almost meet the physical lens technology of all process requirements, including Zeiss lenses.
This means that the three core technologies of EUV lithography machines have all been broken, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences has also fulfilled its promise.
Although EUV claims to have more than 100,000 precision parts, it has not yet broken through, but can it be more aircraft carriers? This is not a big problem for the huge Chinese manufacturing market.
Looking back over the past seventy years, under the blockade of the West, China's scientific and technological development road has been very bumpy, but it has never stopped. One by one, the first achievements are coming. One super project has won the world, and scientific breakthroughs have benefited mankind. "Turning in circles, competing with hundreds of rivers" is the most appropriate description of China's science and technology. What is the point of a small EUV lithography machine?
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