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Chinese researchers achieve breakthroughs in photoresist development for semiconductors
(www.globaltimes.cn)
iirc the main producers of advanced photoresist products are based in Japan. Between this and other wafer production advances, China is moving to eat marketshare from Japan, Taiwan and European tooling makers. What Chinese manufacturing has done for consumer electronics globally is only going to continue to expand and threaten the margins of key industries in many other countries and tech sectors, especially South Korea in the coming years.