ASML
ASML (ASML) is a publicly traded Lithography & Equipment company founded in 1984 and based in Veldhoven, Netherlands.
ASML holds a global monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems required to manufacture chips at 7nm and below. Each EUV tool costs ~$200M; export bans to China orchestrated by US and Dutch governments. High-NA EUV systems shipping in 2024.
No advanced chip can be made without ASML's EUV machines, making it the ultimate chokepoint in semiconductor manufacturing.
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