China’s dependency on the older DUV equipment that is currently in use by the state’s largest semiconductor firm, SMIC, will mean that the region will always be fighting a losing battle against the U.S., which has access to ASML’s bleeding-edge EUV machinery. As long as the export ban remains in place, there is no possible way for China to get a hold of this advanced equipment, meaning that the only way to compete with its biggest rival is to develop in-house chip-making tools. As it happens, a new report talks about SiCarrier, a firm closely linked with Huawei, is working […]