Wants to set the Chinese back ten years

The US government is working on even tighter restrictions to set Chinese chipmakers back nearly a decade.

Now the Dutch are surrendering to US 

The Dutch government confirmed for the first time it will impose new export controls on microchips manufacturing equipment on China.

Does not mean that it is good to go

Intel has completed development of its Intel 18A (1.8nm-class) and Intel 20A (2nm-class) fabrication processes for its Intel Foundry Services (IFS) division, Tom's Hardware says.

China no longer depends on Dutch or US tech

Huawei is now able to create chips using extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) which means that it finally has a foot in the door of serious chip development.

It makes no sense and only benefits US companies

Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML CEO Peter Wennink has waded into the US’s moves to get the Netherlands to adopt new rules restricting exports to China make sense.

It looks like Trump’s tech war made things worse

China's chip industry is growing faster than anywhere else in the world, after US sanctions on local champions from Huawei to Hikvision spurred appetite for home-grown components.

You nicked our tech

ASML has pressed IP theft allegations against two firms created by 'flagbearer' for China's semiconductor industry Dongfang Jingyuan Electron.

A new $400 million machine will become flagship

ASML which makes the other chip-making gear that chipmakers depend on is rolling out a new prototype machine which it hopes will be its new flagship.

We are going to save the planet

Tech’s biggest names are teaming up with boffins to develop energy-optimised machine-learning and quantum-computing systems under the MIT AI Hardware Programme.

But it is still on the drawing board

Intel has placed the first order with ASML for an advanced chipmaking machine that is still on the drawing board and won't be delivered for years.