China techSemiconductor tech trends favor China
With miniaturization at a wall, upstarts gain edge in race for faster chips
EUV lithography technology is so difficult and costly to develop that only one lithography machine maker still exists, ASML of the Netherlands. (Photo courtesy of ASML).
KEN KOYANAGI, Nikkei Asia Editor-at-large
October 21, 2020 17:54 JST
TOKYO -- Yukio Sakamoto, a 73-year-old Japanese chipmaking business veteran, last fall took a senior vice president position at Tsinghua Unigroup, a leading Chinese high-tech conglomerate affiliated with the renowned Tsinghua University. His role is to oversee the launching of a DRAM memory-chip manufacturing business.