Japan's only "effective" countermeasure tool is photoresist, but China is not concerned for the following reasons:
1. Japan's true monopoly is in high-end photoresist for 7nm and below, EUV applications. China does not yet have EUV, and domestic R&D development at the fastest will still take two to three years. By then, domestically adapted photoresist will likely be developed in parallel...
2. Domestic alternative photoresists for 7nm and above have already entered the mass production phase. If Japan bans sales, it will simply open up market space for domestic producers, which Chinese manufacturers would welcome...
3. If photoresist sales are banned, then Japan would be the first to introduce sanctions into the civilian sector. In that case, China's countermeasures would not be limited to "dual-use" items. There are plenty of ways to push Japan's inflation to burst...
Japan's only "effective" countermeasure tool is photoresist, but China is not concerned for the following reasons:
1. Japan's true monopoly is in high-end photoresist for 7nm and below, EUV applications. China does not yet have EUV, and domestic R&D development at the fastest will still take two to three years. By then, domestically adapted photoresist will likely be developed in parallel...
2. Domestic alternative photoresists for 7nm and above have already entered the mass production phase. If Japan bans sales, it will simply open up market space for domestic producers, which Chinese manufacturers would welcome...
3. If photoresist sales are banned, then Japan would be the first to introduce sanctions into the civilian sector. In that case, China's countermeasures would not be limited to "dual-use" items. There are plenty of ways to push Japan's inflation to burst...