MIPS Technologies, the company, is currently in a lawsuit with a Chinese company (CIP United) which claims it holds all license rights to MIPS for mainland China, Hong Kong, and Macau.
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They can license their existing patent stock for the RISC-V world, if they even have useable patent or didn't sold the rights yet.
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I really doubt that ASML would dare to go against the wishes of the US and supply the EUV to China, even with a Chinese Light Source.
ASML has so far refused to use Gigaphotons 250W LPP Light Source as an alternative. ASML solely uses US Company Cymers Light Source.
The US Admin would just threaten to sanction ASML and this will bring it into line.
If China produces a suitable Light Source with Source Power of close to 200W (threshold for mass production), China will just produce its own EUVL.
The Light Source is the last hurdle for the Made In China EUVL. The Optics and the Dual Stage Workbench are ready.
But i think that once China produces its own EUVL, ASML will then be approved to sell its earlier model EUVL to China. ASML will sell this at a heavily discounted price in order to undercut and cause losses to the Chinese EUVL manufacturer. This is the special concept of Western Free Trade and Competition.
@WTAN will the Chinese FABS take the bait? why settle for the second best (ASML old model EUVL) if the Chinese one can be improve upon? I think SMIC may try but Huawei and others will definitely not having tasted the pain of sanction a lesson truly learned.
China by then should immediately raise tariffs 1000% on imported IC foreign equipment sales. And if EU wants to do the same, let them it doesnt matter, EU market for this kind of system is 0.
And if Xi is smart he could use the behind the doors way, by mobilising these parties committees that there are in the companies to stop them from buying
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Germany knows that.
Mercedes-Benz largest customer is China.
BMW largest customer is China.
Audi largest customer is China.
Porsche largest customer is China.
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Why can't China just use this for their indigenous EUV development?
Actually i would say that the Australia situation was a message to the whole world. Seems that the EU got the message that China was prepared for its economy to feel pain if it meant safeguarding its interest.
So the EU folded, the RCEP countries got the message that you cant just ignore a 10m tall giant, and ultimately for the US, if you want to forcibly decouple fine, lets see who can better handle the pain.
Germany especially although it might sounds strange seems to be playing the EU card and hedging with Russia and China
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