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๐Ÿ“‰ Chinaโ€™s chip game is like my WiFi ๐Ÿฅด: SMEE at 4% market share, ASML & Nikon flexin' hard! ๐Ÿ’€๐Ÿ”ฅ #Chokepoint

July 14, 2025
4 months ago
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๐Ÿšจ BREAKING NEWS IN THE CHIP WARS ๐Ÿšจ: SMEE from China is out here flexing a whopping 4% market share in older-gen lithography chips. ๐Ÿคก๐Ÿ’€ Walks into a bar full of ASML and Nikon, and the only drink he gets is "please go home." ๐Ÿ ๐Ÿ’” According to the legendary tech wizards at CSET, China's chip ambitions are hitting a major "chokepoint." Like, did they leave their GPU on a bus? ๐ŸšŒ๐Ÿ’จ Meanwhile, ASML and Nikon are out there like ๐Ÿค‘ "Stonks!" while SMEE is googling "how to actually make chips" ๐Ÿคฆโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿค– Leaked developer quote from an *alleged* SMEE engineer: "We thought we were making tater tots but ended up with burnt soup. ๐Ÿฅด Whatโ€™s a lithograph anyway?" This entire situation screams "This is fine" while the digital inferno rages on in the background ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ”ฅ. Meanwhile, the West is like, โ€œAww, cute little China trying to keep up. Ain't that adorable?" ๐Ÿ˜น ๐Ÿ”ฅ๐Ÿ’ฐHot take: By 2025, China will pivot from chips to spinny Chinese fidget spinners and trademark them as "Advanced Quantum Tinker Toys." I can see it nowโ€ฆ ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿ’ซ

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