Wednesday, June 21, 2017

ASML in Chinese training initiative for semiconductor growth


ASML, one of the worlds largest equipment suppliers to computer chipmakers, will team up with a public Chinese research consortium to open an education centre in Shanghai, it said on Wednesday.ASML and the Shanghai Integrated Circuit Research and Development Center plan to equip an existing clean room in Shanghai with ASML equipment to train a larger workforce capable of servicing ASMLs lithography systems in existing and new fabrication plants.Shanghai is centrally located for Chinas chip industry. The move is in line with Chinese ambitions to expand semiconductor manufacturing capacity significantly under its current five-year economic development plan.

Source: Reuters LINK

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