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I have to wonder if it was because they couldnt build the machines fast enough to capitalize

Makes sense. You know what ASML does, right?

22 sats \ 2 replies \ @Cje95 8 Jun

Yeah they build the super high-tech semiconductor engravor things that I can't remember the name of at the moment hahahaha! Their machines take up entire rooms/levels of the chip fabs and are built and operated inside clean rooms only adding an additional layer to the complexity.

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That's it! And I think they're the only company making 2nm UV lithography machines. I remember seeing a while back that the Chinese tried to copy the machine and couldn't pull it off! Hahaha. But it's probably only a matter of time before they do.

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Yep! China's issue is that they lack the pure carbon to make everything the machine needs. The lenses only come from a company in Germany, and even if China could make the machine, they lack the operator's technical expertise needed. The U.S. is also the only producer in the world that has this wild ultra pure carbon

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