The fast fashion of fitting in

The fast fashion of fitting in

It’s 9 a.m. on a Saturday in Ann Arbor and sidewalks are already packed full. The streets smell faintly of beer and breakfast sandwiches and music spills from porches lined with students dressed in maize and blue. The outfits are just as loud as the speakers: striped overalls, cowboy boots and hand-cut University of Michigan…

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The final chip challenge: Can China build its own ASML?

The final chip challenge: Can China build its own ASML?

In southeastern Beijing, engineers at Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp., China’s top chipmaker, are working around the clock to expand the output of 14-nanometer and even 7-nm chips, just a few generations behind the world’s leading chipmakers. Being able to make such advanced chips at all is a major breakthrough for a company that has been…

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