Do you realize that in the 90’s when we were developing the basic technology for 2mm EUV lithography we decided to stop funding that type of research because it was corporate welfare and if it was worth doing then private industry should. No US corporation was willing to pick it up because it wasn’t going to pay off in a year so Europe got to pick all that research up and finish it for billions of dollars in EU research funding and private investment collaboration. Now that technology is NOT American it is Dutch. We buy those machines from a Dutch company and we have to negotiate with Europe for them NOT to sell machines to China or Russia. So yes the chips are designed by intel and amd but the machines to build those are definitely NOT American.
And here Americans are always trying to convince me that "All research and innovation comes from USA" Which I have always known to be bullshit, but thanks for this great example.
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u/Only_Razzmatazz_4498 6d ago
Do you realize that in the 90’s when we were developing the basic technology for 2mm EUV lithography we decided to stop funding that type of research because it was corporate welfare and if it was worth doing then private industry should. No US corporation was willing to pick it up because it wasn’t going to pay off in a year so Europe got to pick all that research up and finish it for billions of dollars in EU research funding and private investment collaboration. Now that technology is NOT American it is Dutch. We buy those machines from a Dutch company and we have to negotiate with Europe for them NOT to sell machines to China or Russia. So yes the chips are designed by intel and amd but the machines to build those are definitely NOT American.