China's First Homemade 28-Nanometer Lithography Machine at Year-end

China will launch its first 28-nanometer homegrown lithography machine at the year-end, representing a great leapfrog for the nation's chip industry after years of US-led suppression and containment.

According to the Securities Daily, Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment Group (SMEE) has been committed to developing a 28-nm immersion lithography machine, and it's expected the first domestically produced SSA/800-10W lithography machine will be delivered to the market by the end of 2023.

Founded in 2002, SMEE is one of China's leading lithography machine makers and accounts for about 80 percent of the domestic market, industry sources said. Reuters described the company as China's only potential competitor to the Netherlands' world-leading lithography machine maker ASML.

SMEE's website noted that it has developed machines capable of manufacturing chips at the 90-nm node standard - a technology that is suitable for producing low-end chips.

He Rongming, vice chairman of SMEE, said that in 2002 when Chinese experts went abroad for inspections, some foreign engineers said: "Even if we gave you all the blueprints, you might not be able to produce a lithography machine," according to the Securities Daily report.

After returning to China, He led the team in five years of research and development, and the team achieved a major breakthrough in the crucial exposure process.

The 28-Nanometer achievement comes at a critical time when the US has persuaded its allies, including Japan and the Netherlands, to join in its effort to contain China's tech sector growth.

Anonymous

American sanctions and trade wars are very destructive to the world

 We never know how much the world lost in creativity and innovation due to sanctions against or the putting down of innovating companies like Toshiba, Alstom, Huawei and the like, because they were too competitive vis a vis USA companies. Until those USA companies reached the pinnacle of their succcess, like Apple and Microsoft, would the USA not target competing foreign companies in similar sectors of technology. But there will be many others that the USA will target later, like aircraft manufacturing, EV and AI.

Huawei had been dominating the communications market, even in the USA, and had to be put down, by hook or by crook. Had Ericson or Nokia been in Huawei's shoes, nothing would have happened. Huawei's mobile business had been competing too well with Apple in certain sectors and many countries and is a growing signal for USA's action to stifle its growth.

Stifling competition is a gain for the USA, but a giant loss for the world at large. After subjugation of Germany and Japan from rising to compete with the USA in many areas, China is today also in the USA's radar of subjugation. But China is too big and too strong a country to be dicated and trampled upon. China is not Iraq or Libya.

The biggest mistake made by the USA was pushing Russia to form an alliance with China. The Soviet Union and China were not on good terms formerly, which allowed the USA to capitalise and cripple the Soviets during the cold war. Divided the Soviets fell, while China was looked upon as still backward, poor and comprising cooks and laundrymen, nothing that the USA had to fear about. But today Russia and China will stand as two united powers and presenting a totally new prospect for the USA to think of subjugating either of them.

Now the USA is finding faults with Tesla and Twitter as well, both owned by Elon Musk. Look closely at all the petty issues raised against Twitter, and hyping up of issues relating to Tesla EV, all because Elon Musk is not towing the USA line, and is even investing and depending on the big market in China. Musk is perhaps the one among a handful of big USA conglomerate CEOs that can foresee his future tied to the Chinese market, unlike those short sighted chip manufacturers killing their future by following the USA's chip war against China.

DJI, the global Chinese drone maker is also now in the crosshairs of the USA. And what is even worse is that India, now beholden to the USA following Modi's visit to Washington, even killing the US$1 billion investment by BYD to set up a manufacturing plant in India. India is content to remain backward despite talking about wanting to overtake China as the 'factory of the world' only in words. That is good news for Joe Biden. Keeping India backward like the Africans before, and everything about India rising now becomes a mirage and is under the USA's control. I know the Indians will be deeply unhappy about my comments, because they, like the USA are grand followers of the magic word 'denial'.

Anonymous

Americunts are the Scourge and Robbers and Murderers of Humanity

 The Barbarians Whites Anglo Saxons, Frenchies the Majority Rest or Europe plus the Convicts Aussies and partially the Kiwis with their Mafia Chief the Americunts are the Scourge and Robbers and Murderers of Humanity

They were ganged up and plundered the Rest of the World's Natives and Coloured Peoples.

They are the World's Parasites who plundered the Wealth of those poor and weak nations.

Now Niger they are trying to intimate the Coup Leaders who had taken over from their Puppet.

But now Africa is going to be United and will join and fight against their present day tried to colonise again.

The Mafia Americunts are the most cunning of their Lots and made use of one and sundry to fight and robbed for them.

The Whites been Whites are United to be a White Supermacy Coalition in order to gang and bully the rest of the Peoples of the World.

WWII the Americunts simply hide away and have all the Dafts fight and weakened each other so that they be unscathed and then be the Big Bully and Bro.

From there they schemed and plotted all sorts of unfair agreements on others taking away all their Wealth and have. their Loan Sharks endless printing of Useless dollars as the Reserve Currency where they used them to extort all nations.

Now they are using the same ruse to do the same again.

Pitting one another to have conflicts and wars and then weaken all to have the Control Again

Now China, Russia and most of the Countries like Africa had defiled their colonisation and would Russsia and China as their Suports are not afraid of the Western Barbarians any more.

The UASSA main Agenda is firstly to weaken Russia thru the provocation of Russia by NATO and next step is China.

Now their balls or testicle are stuck in their wooden horses where Russia is winning the War and now many African Nations are leaning towards Russia and China.

Their looting of their African Wealth are coming to an end.

For too long these parasites Barbarians been having their luxurious lifes which are all coming to an end.

Karmas indeed. 

Virgo

Denmark using lame excuse to allow burning of Koran

 Denmark will look for a legal mechanism to stop the public burning of the Quran, which has caused protests and fury across the Muslim world, Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Sunday. 

“We must find a legal tool that would allow us to prevent the Quran burning in front of foreign embassies in Denmark,” Rasmussem told public broadcaster DR, adding that such stunts “only serve the purpose of creating division.” 

“That is why we have decided in the government that we will look at how, in very special situations, we can put an end to mockery of other countries, which is in direct conflict with Danish interests and the safety of the Danish people,” the minister stressed. RT

The burning if the Koran in Europe is another ugly sign of the white men's hatred of Muslims and Islam. The reticence of western media to condemn such provocative and mischievous unprovoked acts confirms what is already known to the world of the white men's stand vis a vis Islam and Muslims. And now the feint about no laws to stop or prevent such offensive acts against a religion is a mockery of the white men's hype about protecting Muslims minorities and their rights to their religion.

How ridiculous and hypocritical for the Danish and European countries to say that they need to find a legal excuse to stop the burning of the Koran and still harping on the rights of free speech and expression. Would they act the same way if it is about the burning of the bible or the Torah?

The Muslims  of the world are all watching at how the anti Muslim Europeans are treating the burning of their holy book, the Koran and how quiet the US and western media are on these incidents, no condemnation.

PS. The Americans still pushing their lies and fabricated news about discrimination in Xinjiang and expecting the Muslim states to be stupid to be conned by them.

India manipulating its laws to rob foreign investors

 Modi Government is using the tax laws to hit foreign investors under the belt, particularly the Chinese. More than 2,700 foreign entities have left India, totally disillusioned.

It is no use challenging, because you are in their territory and doing business there. They have all the say, including changing the laws. Let this be a lesson to all Chinese investors. Stay as far away as possible from India. Bangladesh looks more promising, so does Vietnam. Both are rising stars in their own rights, with conducive environments for foreign investments. And there are the vast potential of Africa opening up. India had, over the decades garnered a notorious name for not honouring their words.

Ever wonder why foreign companies labelled India 'The graveyard of foreign investment'? The victims include Ford, Harley Davidson, Carrefour, Henkel, Daiichi Sankyo, with many others, and lately Wistron and Foxconn. Foxconn is said to be still intent on investing in India, but what is the amount realistically? US$194 million compared to their initial US$19.4 billion joint venture with Vedenta. Just a drop in the ocean and the Indians are jubilant and counterarguing that Foxconn loves to invest in India.

Never forget the saying that 'fools rush in where angels fear to tread'. 

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Chinese carmaker BYD faces Indian tax investigation

Chinese automaker BYD faces an ongoing Indian investigation over allegations that it paid too little tax on imported parts for cars it assembles and sells in the country, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.

India's Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has alleged that China's largest electric vehicle (EV) maker, whose expansion plans have been hit by fractious relations between New Delhi and Beijing, underpaid tax of 730 million rupees ($9 million).

Although BYD has deposited this sum after the DRI's preliminary findings, the source added, the investigation is ongoing and could lead to additional tax charges and penalties. The DRI is yet to issue a final notice to BYD, which can challenge the findings.

BYD is facing heightened scrutiny from New Delhi over a $1 billion proposal to build cars locally, amid tighter rules on foreign investment from bordering nations, including China. BYD told its Indian joint venture partner it had considered dropping the investment plans.

Smartphone maker Xiaomi Corp has been accused of illegal remittances to foreign entities in the name of royalties, allegations it has denied and challenged in court.

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