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From Reuters' coverage of NRC Handelsblad's interview with ASML's CEO Peter Wennink regarding U.S. export restrictions on China:
following U.S. pressure, the Dutch government has already restricted ASML from exporting its most advanced lithography machines to China since 2019, something he said has benefited U.S. companies selling alternative technology.
He said that while 15% of ASML's sales are in China, at U.S. chip equipment suppliers "it is 25 or sometimes more than 30%".
Wennink said it seemed contradictory that U.S. chip manufacturers are able to sell their most advanced chips to Chinese customers, while ASML is only able to sell older chipmaking equipment.
Meanwhile, "it is common knowledge that chip technology for purely military applications is usually 10, 15 years old. (Yet) the technology used to make such chips can still be sold to China," he added.
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Saturday December 17, @06:24PM (2 children)
This is either the last gasp of a dying empire's assumed control over the first world, or it will crush China's economy, and move towards a war of desperation. There's no in between.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday December 17, @08:36PM (1 child)
> There's no in between.
There are plenty of in betweens. We'll likely keep muddling through https://www.jstor.org/stable/973677 [jstor.org]
There currently seems to be a good chance that China will keep shooting themselves in the feet over Covid. It will be interesting to see what their next set of rules look like, since the sudden switch from "zero covid" to the current relaxation looks like it has overflowed the hospitals.
More?
(Score: 2) by ikanreed on Monday December 19, @04:02PM
I understand the principle you're desciribing here, but I think it doesn't apply because there's human motivations for the extreme paths this time.