Berichten zufolge wurde China beim Reverse Engineering der DUV-Lithografie von ASML erwischt

This is probably the tit of tat that the Netherlands recently did with acquiring Nexperia by force, or China knows taking Taiwan in 2027, is going to render TSMC useless and all those TSMC trained techs would have been evacuated already to US/Europe with their ASML Machine knowledge.

Next thing is China might use Singapore company, to buy the ASML DUV machine, and have the Singapore techs dismantle. This time just say „Oh yea we dropped a spanner and tried to find it“ or just do it slowly pieces every few months to not make it look sus. If china can consistently make 7nm chips, then that might be enough for them to drive their tech. Until they capture someone or bribe them to spill the beans on cutting edge EUV.

China got around the sanctions with Nvidia AI GPU Limits, via getting them from country (Like Singapore which is unsanctioned and maintains good relations with everyone).

We can all laugh at the comicality of the situation, but at the end of the article, there is a series of news that makes us think.
First of all, the Chinese have created a production infrastructure.
Secondly, they have their own lithography equipment.
Thirdly, there is progress, and it is rapid.
This means that in the next 10 years, they will be able to achieve a lithography production that is only one generation behind the Dutch, (because it is easier to replicate than to create from scratch with the help of industrial spies).
What’s next?