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Beijing is mandating domestic sourcing for new fabs and racing to build an independent semiconductor equipment supply chain, with three Chinese firms now in the global top 20 and a prototype EUV machine reportedly under assembly.

ASML's CTO reveals plans to build packaging, bonding, and inspection tools that move the company beyond EUV lithography and into the broader AI semiconductor supply chain.

Belgium's imec launches NanoIC, a sub-2nm semiconductor pilot line backed by 2.5 billion euros in public and private funding, marking Europe's biggest bet yet on closing the gap with Asian and American chipmakers.