In fact, the role of the photolithography machine is to manufacture chips, it is such an unknown equipment can account for more than 35% of the cost of chip manufacturing, although the principle of this machine seems very simple, but its function is very important. When the chip ends the IC design will be sent to the foundry for manufacturing packaging, the more famous foundry is TSMC, SMIC, etc., like Huawei's own R & D chip is also the same need to have such a foundry in order to complete the manufacturing out of the current Huawei has been 14nm chip orders to the hands of SMIC, but SMIC does not have a 7nm ultraviolet photolithography machine, and therefore there is no way to go to the manufacturing chip, and this is also a good way to make the chip, and this is a good way to make the chip, and this is also a good way to make the chip. The reason why China desperately needs a 7nm UV lithography machine from the Netherlands is that there is no way to make the chips.
In fact, the image of chip manufacturing is like building a house, you need to stack layer by layer to make the house, and to have a good house, then a smooth foundation is essential, and it is the wafer. And photolithography processing is to make the lines and functions used in chip production are made, but here to know is the photolithography engraved circuit diagrams and electronic components, and these design lines and functions are stored in the wafer.
And to have this lithography technology is very difficult, currently it is one of the most sophisticated technology in the world, few countries can have, so the price of high-end lithography is not expensive, in this field have to say that the Netherlands is a big bully, the whole of the Netherlands, the ASML market share of 80%, and the ASML is a 7nm technology lithography suppliers, which is unique in the world! This is unique in the world, that is to say, this company is almost monopolize the entire market, many current chip producers are required to this company's production to be able to create the perfect chip. The reason why the Netherlands can have a world's top level of lithography manufacturers, first of all, is because ASML this company's R & D investment is very large, 2019 R & D cost expenditure reached 480 million euros, their employees have forty percent of the R & D category, coupled with a lot of their technology is outsourced, so it allows them to have more time and the opportunity to research and development of core technologies.
Additionally ASML the company's lens technology is very high, with hundreds of years of technology accumulation, and it is still using Germany, the United States to provide a variety of technologies, although it is a Dutch company, but it has the whole of Europe and the United States behind the top of the scientific and technological support. Now China in the field of photolithography is still a big short board, which has a great impact on our research chip, semiconductor, so if the chip field by the Western countries sanctions, then China's science and technology field will be hit. However, the current SMIC after the integration of resources and technology, will be opened in the second half of China's first 14nm production line, which plays a key role in the development of 5G technology and other industries, I believe that in the near future China will present their own domestic chips to the world.