ASML under fire for selling DUV equipment to Chinese firm with military ties, says the machines are not subject to export controls — fears grow that 'old technology' will bolster Beijing's quantum effort
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It claims the technology was old and "cannot be used to make the most advanced chips."

Dutch chip manufacturing design firm, ASML, has been accused of selling chip fabrication hardware to a Chinese defence firm tied to the ruling party. Although it claims the technology was old, it has raised concerns over its potential use in developing new quantum technologies, particularly with military applications.

  • Humanius@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Even the NOS didn’t really spend a lot of attention on it. I only really saw one or two articles on the topic.
    That’s nothing compared to, for example, the row with China over Nexperia that has been brewing over the past two months.