EUV isn’t SMEE’s effort alone, and it isn’t the only firm working on this project, so asking how big SMEE’s team is is a bit beside the point. Besides, anyone who’s worked on an engineering project would know that you don’t need an absurd amount of manpower to do engineering projects. You need enough of the *right* manpower. Engineering projects don’t scale with the size of a team. Since you’re so well connected surely you can find out how big SMEE’s team is?
This is the same outfit that I was calling ICRD Jiading. I was corrected by my engineer that these guys are now called CICEM.
Are you not an engineer then?
Well, more importantly, the quirks behind generating high quantities of EUV photon emissions is now very well understood within the broader scientific literature, much more than in 2006 when ASML was making prototype instruments that could only generate enough output for process node research. Chinese efforts here don’t have to re-invent the wheel. Their pool of knowledge is bigger than what they research on their own. There are still going to be patent barriers and implementation challenges when pursuing the specific engineering solutions needed to create a product, but it’s not like what ASML did is some secret special engineering. Other firms were converging on solutions too. They exited not because they couldn’t do the engineering but because they didn’t see an attractive market. The lack of competition is due to business decisions, not engineering barriers.
@hvpc Oh! bro no problem from your post I learn a lot so let's get going
.Actually I'm a novice so yeah your criticism is valid BUT it doesn't conclude that what we're speculating are not true. I can discern and even that decision is Faith based it's China we're talking about, a country that make the impossible possible. The opaqueness of the Chinese IC industries is what make this thread interesting, we have members who actually knew what is happening inside China and for them to share that info is heaven sent, so bro I'm all ears we are here to learn and share knowledge so bring it on.
@foofy thank you sir and that was fast very fast, I think the urgency is the reason for fast tracking this project, this FAB is capable of producing 100,000 wafer pm and using domestic equipment there is a lot of misinformation the western media reported the year 2024 and since the Chinese are tight lipped it become an actual news.
From this I'm making a brave prediction, so bare with me. The total 12 units of SMEE SSA800 to be produce this year, Huawei Shanghai FAB and SMIC Beijing will be receiving 2 units each, I based it from the date of operation of the 2 FABS.