China may be closing in on a pivotal chipmaking milestone. A new report says Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is trialing a domestically developed deep-ultraviolet (DUV) lithography machine from Shanghai startup Yuliangsheng—potentially the first of its kind made in-house. If successful, the trials could lay the groundwork for China to scale its own advanced semiconductor … Continue reading SMIC Pilots China’s First Homegrown DUV Lithography Tool, Paving the Way to 5nm Production