FT Exclusive: Huawei invests across lithography supply chain to purge foreign tech from China chips
EleanorOlcott · x · 2026-09-08
The Financial Times exclusively reports that Huawei is investing across the industry behind lithography chipmaking equipment while helping secure deals with leading fabs, as it seeks to eliminate foreign technology from China's semiconductor supply chain — a systematic, whole-chain push toward equipment localization rather than a single-point breakthrough.
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