China Says It Cracked the Chipmaking Tech the West Spent Billions Trying to Keep From It

China Says It Cracked the Chipmaking Tech the West Spent Billions Trying to Keep From It

Chinese Academy of Sciences hit 3.42% EUV efficiency (March 2025), narrowing ASML's chipmaking monopoly. Alibaba's 2.4T Qwen3.8 and T-Head's SAIL stack signal China's AI chip autonomy bid, reducing Western leverage on semiconductor access.