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China mounts a Shenzhen effort to reverse-engineer EUV

development2025-12-18

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China is running a Manhattan Project-style effort in Shenzhen, reportedly using former ASML engineers, to reverse-engineer an EUV lithography machine.

Reporting date: 2025-12-18 (not necessarily the event date)

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China mounts a Shenzhen effort to reverse-engineer EUV
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Reporting date: 2025-12-18
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2025-12-18-shenzhen-euv-manhattan-project
Claim: China is running a Manhattan Project-style effort in Shenzhen, reportedly using former ASML engineers, to reverse-engineer an EUV lithography machine.
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- Welcome to December 18, 2025 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-december-18-2025
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