By @iTnews_au
Publication Date: 2025-12-17 19:27:00
At a high-security lab in Shenzhen, Chinese scientists have built what Washington has been trying to prevent for years: a prototype machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and weapons central to the West’s military dominance. Reuters has learned.
The prototype, which was completed at the beginning of 2025 and is currently being tested, fills almost an entire factory hall. It was built by a team of former engineers from Dutch semiconductor giant ASML, who reverse-engineered or…