Zeiss exec: China is about 15 years behind in cutting-edge chipmaking tools
broodsugar · x · 2026-09-03
According to Bloomberg, a top executive at Germany's Zeiss, a key semiconductor supplier, says China is about a decade and a half behind in developing cutting-edge chipmaking tools. The retweeter quips whether that's '15 years in China time or German time', hinting catch-up speed may shrink the real gap.
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