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Chinese chip toolmakers buy into hybrid bonding as Huawei looks beyond transistor shrinking
What happened
China's largest chip equipment makers are buying their way into hybrid bonding, an advanced packaging step that global players from Besi to ASML are also chasing. Analysts say the stakes are different for Chinese firms: with US export controls limiting access to the tools needed for leading-edge transistor scaling, stacking and connecting chips more densely has become one of the few routes left to narrow the performance gap, an approach Huawei has framed as its Tau scaling law. The acquisitions are in progress; specific targets, deal values and timelines are not stated in the source.
Impact and signal
Medium impactImpact score: 45/100
Affected components and suppliers
hybrid bondingadvanced packaging
hybrid bondingadvanced packagingUS export controlsTau scaling lawtransistor scaling
Source and time
Source: DigiTimes Asia · 10/15/2026 · View original source
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