AmiMoJo wrote: Huawei Technologies Co. is building a large-scale semiconductor equipment research and development center in Shanghai as it continues to strengthen its chip supply chain to counter U.S. crackdowns. The center's mission includes building lithography machines, critical equipment for manufacturing cutting-edge chips. Huawei is offering salaries for staff at the new center that are up to twice what local chipmakers, industry executives and people briefed on the matter told Nikkei Asia. The company has already hired a number of engineers who have worked at world-class chip tool manufacturers such as Applied Materials, Lam Research, KLA, and ASML, and have over 15 years of experience at leading chip manufacturers such as TSMC, Intel, and ASML. He added that he is a chip industry veteran with many years of experience. Micron is also among the recent hires and candidates. Huawei is investing about 12 billion yuan ($1.66 billion) in the research and development chip factory, which will be one of Shanghai's top projects in 2024, according to the report.
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