China chip dreams still face long road even after breakthrough

China has begun mass-producing some chipmaking machines, according to a report, marking a step forward in national efforts to become technologically self-sufficient. A state-backed company in Shanghai is making deep ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography machines, The Information reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The unidentified Shanghai-based company plans to hand over five machines this year and about 20 next year, according to the report. Shares of ASML, the world’s biggest…

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