From: jl@glen--canyon.com   
      
   On Wed, 24 Dec 2025 17:06:37 -0000 (UTC), "Don"  wrote:   
      
   >john larkin wrote:   
   >>   
   >> https://finance.yahoo.com/news/exclusive-china-built-manhatta   
   -project-141758929.html   
   >>   
   >> Lots of ebay stuff, I suspect.   
   >   
   >    Completed in early 2025 and now undergoing testing, the   
   >    prototype fills nearly an entire factory floor. It was   
   >    built by a team of former engineers from Dutch   
   >    semiconductor giant ASML (ASML.AS), who reverse-   
   >    engineered the company's extreme ultraviolet   
   >    lithography machines or EUVs, according to two people   
   >    with knowledge of the project. ...   
   >   
   >    In April, ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet said that China   
   >    would need "many, many years" to develop such technology.   
   >    But the existence of this prototype, reported by Reuters   
   >    for the first time, suggests China may be years closer   
   >    to achieving semiconductor independence than analysts   
   >    anticipated. ...   
   >   
   >    "The aim is for China to eventually be able to make   
   >    advanced chips on machines that are entirely China-made,"   
   >    one of the people said. "China wants the United States   
   >    100% kicked out of its supply chains." ...   
   >   
   >   
      
   Thank you for the insights.   
      
      
   John Larkin   
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