Chinese chip equipment giant Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment (AMEC) has unveiled six new machines – at different stages of commercialisation – in a single day as the company accelerates research and development to feed soaring local demand driven by Beijing’s self-reliance push.The new line-up, announced at an industry conference in Wuxi on Tuesday, spans key steps in chip production, from etching tools that carve microscopic patterns into wafers, to deposition systems that build...