Topic: euv lithography
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ASML CEO on monopoly: no rival is challenging us
ASML, a 42-year-old Dutch company, holds a monopoly on producing the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines essential for manufacturing the most advanced semiconductors that power AI, with each unit costing between $200 million and over $400 million. Surging demand from major tech firms i...
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xLight raises $350M to challenge ASML's EUV dominance
xLight, a startup chaired by former Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger, is seeking $350 million to develop a free-electron laser EUV light source that could challenge ASML's monopoly on advanced chipmaking lithography. The company's technology uses a compact particle accelerator to generate light at wavelen...
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US says ASML's top chip tool may be in China; ASML denies it
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has accused ASML of potentially smuggling its advanced EUV lithography machines into China, which would be a major breach of export controls banning such sales, though ASML denies the claim and the U.S. has not publicly shared evidence. ASML's EUV machines a...
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