Word count: 1171, reading time approximately 6 minutes 🚀 Spent a whole day setting up your Python environment? Try uv, it’s fast enough to make you question life! Brothers and sisters, for those of us who write Python, who hasn’t stumbled whilesetting up environments? “It runs perfectly on my computer!” “Dependency conflict? I just installed … Read more
ChinaEUV Alternatives According to reports, Hefei Haoyu Chiplight Technology Co., Ltd. has developed a desktop-level high-order harmonic generation (HHG) light source capable of producing light with wavelengths as short as1 nanometer. It has been reported that a customer has used this light source to produce14 nanometer chips, which is the initial target process node for … Read more
In the narrative of the semiconductor industry, lithography machines have always been an unavoidable keyword. We have witnessed the evolution of lithography technology from the first generation g-line to the current fifth generation EUV technology, with each technological iteration resembling an ascent of another meter above the snow line of Mount Everest, where the air … Read more
Recently, Professor Wei Shaojun from Tsinghua University’s Microelectronics Institute criticized those who claim that “Chinese chips are invincible” during a television program. He mentioned that some people are constantly shouting, “Certain chips make the U.S. fearful” and “Scientists returning to China make the U.S. anxious.” But what is the actual situation? Our chip technology is … Read more
On August 27, news emerged from the recently concluded Hot Chips 2025 conference that the Japanese semiconductor company Rapidus announced the successful completion of 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) test chip tape-out (note: the actual tape-out was successfully completed on July 10), with plans for mass production in 2027. The 2nm chip is based on ASML extreme … Read more
~Q Group Chat [AMP Lab Kitchen: 679837318]~It’s best if it’s trueAt the recently concluded Hot Chips 2025 conference, Japanese semiconductor company Rapidus announced the successful completion of the 2nm GAA (Gate-All-Around) test chip taping (which actually occurred on July 10), and plans to achieve mass production by 2027.The 2nm chip is manufactured using ASML’s extreme … Read more
Photomask / PHOTOMASK Did you know? The billions of fine circuits on a chip rely on a “micro film” to accurately “draw” them out — this is the photomask. From 193nm deep ultraviolet to 13.5nm extreme ultraviolet, from 28nm mass production to 14nm breakthroughs, this “small slice” of quartz and chromium film hides the core … Read more
~~Follow me, let’s grow together~~ The Python environment management tools are undergoing significant changes, evolving from traditional venv/virtualenv to conda and the emerging uv. Each generation of tools addresses the pain points of its predecessors. This article provides a comprehensive comparison and analysis of the two mainstream environment management tools, conda and uv, covering their … Read more
1. Challenging 5nm Single Exposure! ASML Collaborates with Zeiss to Develop Next-Generation Hyper NA EUV Equipment On June 29, it was reported thatthe world’s largest semiconductor equipment leader ASML has begun developing the next-generation Hyper NA EUV advanced lithography machine, preparing for the chip industry over the next decade.The company’s Technical Executive Vice President Jos … Read more
Attention! The largest offensive in our semiconductor industry is about to begin. According to the latest media reports, our country’s largest semiconductor fund, the “Third Phase of the Big Fund,” which exceeds the total scale of the previous two phases, will make its first major investments in the coming months.The focus of the investment is … Read more