https://www.nextbigfuture.com/2019/07/euv-chips-are-solved-so-5-nanometer-is-here-in-months-and-6-years-to-2-nanometers.html?fbclid=IwAR1mqjHg55Bp4M30oZ0wYWXm998hOvKdkFw7cA2j7Gq5_kzKoeMGd7ab-z4 It could be only 6 Years to the first 2 Nanometer chips. This surge of progress will also mean that China will not be able to catch up with US-South Korea and Taiwan Semiconductors for ten to fifteen years. China imports most of its semiconductor chips and China is restricted from buying the latest equipment from US sources. China was allowed to get some chip designs fabricated by Taiwan Semiconductor. Chinese companies are also restricted from hiring certain key technologists in lithography. Semiconductor Manufacturing International, China’s biggest chip manufacturer, is expected to have spent about $550m on R&D in 2018. The world semiconductor leaders (Taiwan Semiconductor, Intel and Samsung) all have research and capital spending that are up to ten times more than chinese chip companies. ???
A Chinese research institute has made a breakthrough in a new type of 5nm laser lithography technology. The move could lay technical foundation for the research into China’s self-developed advanced lithography machine. https://bit.ly/2W0Nvbt