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AMIES Technology, a new Chinese lithography equipment manufacturer that showcased its latest chipmaking products at an industry event in Shenzhen last week, is offering renewed optimism in the nation’s drive to reduce its dependence on Dutch giant ASML.
The company presented a wide range of products – including compound-semiconductor lithography machines, laser-annealing systems, advanced inspection tools and solutions for packaging and wafer bonding – at the WeSemiBay Semiconductor Ecosystem Expo 2025, which featured more than 600 exhibitors, such as Huawei Technologies partner SiCarrier.
Advanced lithography remains a significant bottleneck in China’s chipmaking ambitions. The country still trails far behind global leaders in the technology and is restricted from acquiring ASML’s top deep ultraviolet (DUV) and extreme ultraviolet (EUV) systems due to US export controls.
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Founded in February, AMIES is a spin-off from China’s leading lithography company, the state-owned Shanghai Micro Electronics Equipment (SMEE). While SMEE focuses on developing essential front-end tools, AMIES aims to commercialise equipment more swiftly, according to Chinese media reports, citing company representatives.
US-sanctioned SMEE excels in back-end semiconductor processes like packaging, which often require less advanced lithography technology. When it comes to front-end wafer fabrication, however, it is still trying to catch up with Western leaders such as ASML.
AMIES was spun off from SMEE in February. Photo: Handout alt=AMIES was spun off from SMEE in February. Photo: Handout>
The Chinese company’s most reliable production-grade lithography tools are believed to support processes around 90-nanometre node and above. In late 2023, its shareholder Zhangjiang Group briefly claimed on social media that SMEE had “successfully developed a 28-nm lithography machine”, but later retracted the reference.
In contrast, ASML’s EUV systems are used by leading chipmakers for processes at 2-nm nodes and below.
For now, AMIES said its flagship product is its advanced packaging lithography machine, which held a global market share of 35 per cent and a 90 per cent share in China.
On its website, AMIES lists four product lines: integrated circuits, advanced packaging, compound semiconductors and flat-panel displays. These encompass various types of annealing, inspection, chip manufacturing and packaging tools.
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Embracing technology platforms for applications such as electronic proxy voting, private debt underwriting and trading of repurchase (repo) agreements can help Hong Kong elevate its standing as Asia’s top financial hub, according to a leading US fintech firm.
Technologies that simplified investor engagement had been a catalyst for growth in other markets, said Tim Gokey, CEO of New York-listed Broadridge Financial Solutions, adding that fintech could enhance corporate governance and product innovation to help the city strengthen its connections with mainland China and the wider world.
“We’re investing in the region and are excited to be part of the rapidly growing Hong Kong market, which is emerging as a leading financial hub in Asia and the primary point of connectivity between the mainland and global markets,” Gokey said in an interview during a trip to the city last month.
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His comments came before financial regulators in Hong Kong and mainland China unveiled a series of measures last month to allow cross-boundary bond repo business and to strengthen the city’s fixed income and currency markets – all initiatives that had been discussed and anticipated among market participants for a number of years.
“We see a strong opportunity to support that growth by enhancing trust and transparency in corporate governance,” added Gokey, whose firm doubled its Asian team to nearly 500 over the past five years, with Hong Kong accounting for more than 80 people.
As companies increasingly turned to capital markets, beyond banks, for fundraising, the transparency and trust of corporate governance became essential, he said, pointing to the US as an example.
Tim Gokey, CEO of New York-listed Broadridge Financial Solutions. Photo: Handout alt=Tim Gokey, CEO of New York-listed Broadridge Financial Solutions. Photo: Handout>
“Strong corporate governance is one of the key drivers behind the success and confidence in US capital markets,” he said. “It’s not the sole answer, but a crucial contributing factor.”
Broadridge’s corporate-governance offerings, including proxy-voting platforms, have a global reach, processing shares held in street names at more than 1,000 broker-dealers and custodian banks. Its proxy services covered about 80 per cent of outstanding shares of US publicly listed companies in 2023.
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