The Validation Chasm: Why SMIC’s Founder and AMEC’s CEO Are Pleading for Active Production Line Access

Record-breaking revenues mask a brutal margin squeeze as China's top chip executives admit homegrown lithography and etch tools are running out of trial time."

hisham

5/19/20261 min read

SMIC Richard Chang AMEC Gerald Yin domestic semiconductor equipment production line testing wafer yi
SMIC Richard Chang AMEC Gerald Yin domestic semiconductor equipment production line testing wafer yi

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