Incredibly, ASML assured the Dutch government that it has the ability to remotely disable EUV lithography machines

Wan Da-hsien

2024-05-31 11:15Posted in Heilongjiang Science and Technology Creators

Incredibly, the Dutch government said that ASML could remotely shut down EUV lithography machines if needed.

Recently, according to domestic and foreign media reports, because of the concerns of the US government, ASML assured the Dutch government that it has the ability to remotely paralyze TSMC's EUV lithography machine in Taiwan.

What a ridiculous scene?

It's like if you bought a car with all the money, but for some reason that has nothing to do with you, you are remotely locked by the car manufacturer and can't start driving. Let's just say, this doesn't mean, right? Does this still make sense? After all, it is bought with money, and the ownership is your own, isn't this a violation of sacred personal property? And I would also like to ask, what about the so-called contract spirit in the West?

In fact, from a technical point of view, remote control is not too difficult, as long as the EUV lithography machine can be connected to the network. In fact, lithography equipment, like many electronic devices, usually has and also needs to be networked, which may involve various needs such as snake pendulum condition monitoring or detection, remote upgrade and maintenance, data collection, customer service, internal management, etc. Now, the use of networking as a threat tool is truly an unprecedented feat.

If one day, ASML completely paralyzes these EUV lithography machines through remote technology, I believe that such a miraculous scene will surely be recorded in the history books of mankind, and everyone in the world and generations of people will laugh and be generous.

While we can't say that ASML will or won't, it is undeniable that such rhetoric has affected its own trust in the global market. Today is TSMC's EUV lithography machine, will it be Samsung tomorrow, and will it be Intel the day after tomorrow?

At the same time, this further shows that in order to be foolproof, it is necessary to achieve 100% localization of high-end lithography machines. Therefore, this statement of ASML will also strengthen our determination to solve the problem on our own.

So the good news is that we don't have EUV lithography machines for the time being, and we shouldn't have them for a long time in the future, so we can completely ignore the attitude of the United States. We only need to concentrate on development and do a good job in our own semiconductor industry chain, and they can do whatever they want. After all, today, the blockade of the United States has completely failed.

But let's put it another way, if there really is such a day, can it also be considered good news? Because of the shutdown of EUV lithography machines, it will be high-end process chips that will be affected, such as 4nm, 3nm, etc., so who are these customers? Obviously, American companies like Apple, Qualcomm, and Nvidia.

Without the core chip, there will be a major change in the supply of chips, and the production of its products will be seriously affected. At the same time, their original market share may also be lost.

Moreover, for the global semiconductor industry, such an approach will obviously also undermine the stability of the entire industrial chain, because the normal operation of the lithography machine also requires various components and raw materials. So, who should you talk to?

So, it's still the same sentence, restrictions come and go, who is Lao Mei restricting? Using the remote paralyzed EUV lithography machine as a weapon, who is Lao Mei targeting?

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