The sheer candor about fragmentation from this collection of executives is difficult to ignore, however, given just how often we see big, bold tech claims coming from Chinese media, but it aligns with an increasingly obvious challenge. China's most advanced domestically produced DUV lithography system, from Yuliangsheng, is technically comparable to ASML's Twinscan NXT:1950i — a machine ASML originally designed for 32nm-class processes back in 2008.

Even if SMIC manages to integrate that tool into a 28nm process by 2027, reaching sub-10nm would require redesigned scanners and several additional years of development. A prototype EUV machine has reportedly been completed in a Shenzhen lab, but EUV's commercial viability requires solving yield challenges that took ASML nearly two decades to overcome after its own prototype.

cross-posted from : https://lemmy.zip/post/60266486

Tensions are rising between US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth and US Secretary of State Marco Rubio over the US’s approach to the war on Iran, three former US officials and a senior regional official familiar with the matter told Middle East Eye.

Rubio and Hegseth were described as “at each other's throats” over the question of whether the US should deploy troops to Iran at Israel’s request, the sources told MEE.

Hegseth is supportive of the position, while Rubio is deeply wary of entangling the US in a long war, the sources told MEE.

The US has mainly confined its operations to air strikes and standoff strikes using cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, but CNN reported this week that the CIA has begun training and arming Kurdish fighters to operate in Iran.

One Gulf official told MEE that US officials have discussed sending special operations teams into Iran to target senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) officials and people familiar with Iran's nuclear programme.

Four House Democrats and the GOP voted down a war powers resolution, enabling Trump's assault on Iran.

Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Jared Golden (Maine), Greg Landsman (Ohio), and Juan Vargas (Calif.) stood with the GOP for the 212-219 vote against H.Con.Res.38, which was led by Reps. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Thomas Massie (R-Ky.). The only other Republican to support the resolution was Rep. Warren Davidson (Ohio)—though GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales (Texas), who is facing an unrelated scandal, did not participate.

“The Constitution is clear: Congress, not the president, has the authority to decide when this nation goes to war,” he added. “The American people must continue pressing their elected representatives to reclaim that authority and stop another disastrous war in the Middle East before it spirals further out of control.”

Australia has been quietly executing one of the harshest deportation regimes in the so-called democratic world. It has done so not through emergency powers or wartime necessity, but through ordinary legislation — principally the Migration Act 1958, and s 501, the so-called “character” provision.

I pronounce Mario like Maria but with an o.

As part of changing laws in Europe, Meta now offers the option for you to chat with others using third-party messaging apps that have integrated with WhatsApp and that you choose to turn on.

Note: Chats with third-party apps are only available in select regions and may not be available to you.

I feel sorry for all in the wrong region.