SMRTR AIDec 18, 2025Hacker News

How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips

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Chinese scientists in Shenzhen have successfully built a prototype machine capable of producing cutting-edge AI semiconductor chips, completing the project in early 2025 after former Dutch ASML engineers reverse-engineered extreme ultraviolet lithography technology that the West has tried to keep from China through export controls.

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