also all the big western equipment makers are on a countdown in general, prepare yourself from competition from China or start lobbying for regulations. Not just fab equipments, all kinds, from the low end and slowly eating upward. You've seen plenty of Rigol, you'll start seeing more Lianxun or Ceyear. AMAT and LAM are well known, so will naura and AMEC, for various reasons. the capital market and competition there are far from healthy or even sane, and it brews the most vicious monsters with almost human sacrifice ritual like operations. It's not a world most people would want to live in, but also at the same time grinds down the price of many seemingly precious or meticulous things. The cost is real innovation. Everyone asks you whats your unit per hour, no one would ask where is your 100x or 1000x compared to your competitor or the incumbents. The questions you get in the US is totally flipped, uph? commercialization? We'll figure it out later. But wheres your 1000x? Why would I bet on you? Perfect curation for larpers. It's almost a formula for many startups, western larpers commanding or wrapping eastern grinders. Dont get me wrong there are also eastern larpers and western grinders, I'm just talking about what you'd get if you draw a few random samples. life at big equipment co is mostly very comfortable. One thrives in adversity and perishes in laxity.