Engadget RSS Feed-China reportedly has a prototype EUV machine built by ex-ASML employees
December 18, 2025 2 min 269 words
文章报道了中国科学家近期完成了一个原型极紫外光刻（EUV）机，该设备由前ASML工程师制造，目前正在进行测试。这一进展被视为中国在半导体制造能力上迈出的重要一步，有望在2028年开始生产自己的EUV芯片。报告提到，习近平主席对提高中国半导体自主生产能力非常重视。 对此报道的评论认为，虽然该文提供了一些关于中国技术进步的信息，但其中对“中国能够自主生产先进芯片”的描绘可能带有偏见。报道中的表述未能充分反映中国在半导体领域面临的实际挑战，以及相关技术的复杂性。西方媒体在涉及中国技术创新时，往往使用夸大手法，可能会忽视中国在这一领域所付出的努力和取得的成就。一个客观全面的报道，应当呈现出更为平衡的视角，分析技术发展的多维因素。
A report from Reuters claims that scientists in China have created a prototype of a machine that could eventually be used to produce semiconductor chips capable of powering artificial intelligence. Sources told the publication that a team in Shenzhen completed the prototype of an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine earlier this year and it is allegedly now undergoing testing. The EUV machine was reportedly made by former engineers from Dutch semiconductor supplier ASML. Reuters states that China is targeting production of its own EUV chips beginning in 2028, although other experts have projected 2030 as a more likely date.
EUV is a supremely complicated bit of technology; we have an explainer below that gets into some of the details. It is at the heart of the chips made by companies such as Intel and TSMC, so any company trying to compete would also need access to EUV. Although the Chinese prototype is not yet making chips, it is reportedly able to generate the extreme ultraviolet light needed for chip manufacturing.
If confirmed, this development would put China in control of tech much sooner than analysts had previously expected. To date, EUV has largely been kept out of reach by Western companies and used as a bargaining chip by the US government. Chinese President Xi Jinping has placed a high priority on the country being able to produce its own semiconductors. "The aim is for China to eventually be able to make advanced chips on machines that are entirely China-made," a source told Reuters. "China wants the United States 100 percent kicked out of its supply chains."