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.
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