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ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says 'rumors' are 'inaccurate and damaging to our reputation' (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-19 | by Anton Shilov | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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The Trump administration suspects an ASML chipmaking machine made it into China. ASML says that's impossible. (techspot.com)

2026-06-19 | by Skye Jacobs | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, semiconductors

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China, but how? (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t. (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, tsmc

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The US says ASML’s top chip tool may be in China. ASML says it isn’t (techcrunch.com)

2026-06-19 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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Digital Printing of Arabic: explaining the problem (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-16 | by View All Posts The Digital Orientalist | get Arabic Digital Printing Guide → | tags: arabic script, movable type, lithography

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Chinese startup claims photonic chip production without DUV lithography, says nanoimprint process cuts costs by 90% — 8-inch wafers produced without conventional optical lithography (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-08 | by Etiido Uko | get Nanoimprint Lithography Kit → | tags: lithography, manufacturing, nanoimprint

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Nikon weaponizes lower prices to break ASML's lithography monopoly — tech giant leverages in-house manufacturing to slash prices to lure back American chipmakers (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-30 | by Luke James | get Nikon D750 DSLR Camera → | tags: nikon, asml, lithography

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Quantum dot qubit using High NA EUV lithography (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-27 | get Quantum Dot Qubit Kit → | tags: imac, euv lithography, quantum dot

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Imec builds world's first High-NA EUV-fabricated quantum dot qubit device — breakthrough could pull quantum computing onto the same manufacturing roadmap as next-gen AI processors, compressing timelines (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-25 | by Etiido Uko | get Quantum Dot Qubit Kit → | tags: imec, high-na euv, quantum dot

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ASML CEO says Elon Musk is 'very serious' about TeraFab chipmaking megaproject, confirms direct talks — Musk targets $119 billion Texas semiconductor facility (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-21 | by Luke James | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, terafab, elon musk

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SMIC founder and AMEC CEO urge Chinese fabs to test domestic chipmaking tools on active production lines — equipment makers post record revenue but falling margins (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-19 | by Luke James | get Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment Kit → | tags: smic, amec, china

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ASML to equip India’s first commercial chip fab — $11 billion Dholera project targets 50,000 wafers a month (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-17 | by Luke James | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, tata electronics, dholera fab

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Samsung starts winding down chip production six days before planned 18-day strike — company enters 'emergency management mode,' daily losses could hit $2 billion (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Luke James | get Samsung Chip Production Kit → | tags: samsung, semiconductor, wafer

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Desperate SK hynix customers offer to buy its EUV machines and fund new fabs as memory capacity hits zero amid crushing AI-driven shortages — worsening global shortages pry open wallets to the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-08 | by Luke James | get SK hynix EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: sk hynix, euv lithography, memory shortage

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ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on his company’s monopoly: no one is coming for us (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-05 | by Connie Loizos | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, extreme ultraviolet lithography, chip manufacturing

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ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-04 | by John Cole | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, semiconductor

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ASML's roadmap for chipmaking lithography tools examined — from DUV to Low-NA, High-NA, Hyper-NA, and beyond (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-01 | by Luke James | get ASML Lithography Simulator → | tags: asml, euv lithography, high-na

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Congress moves to strip the DoC of chip-export discretion with the MATCH Act — DUV lithography machines among those targeted in chipmaking tool crackdown (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-22 | by Luke James | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: duv lithography, asml, nikon

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ASML shares fall after proposed U.S. export curbs target an already fragile China market (cnbc.com)

2026-04-07 | by Arjun Kharpal | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, china

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US lawmakers aim to ban export of DUV chipmaking and etching tools to leading firms in China — bipartisan proposal would ban lithography equipment for Huawei, SMIC, and others (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Anton Shilov | get ASML Lithography Machine → | tags: duv chipmaking, smic, lithography equipment

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Breakthrough computer chip tech could help meet ‘monumental demand’ driven by AI (feeds.nature.com)

2026-04-02 | by Bourzac | get AI Accelerator Card → | tags: asml, euv lithography, silicon wafers

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SK hynix places record $8 billion order for ASML EUV lithography machines — should pay for up to 30 EUV machines over two years, serving HBM and advanced DRAM production (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-24 | by Luke James | get ASML EUV Lithography Machine → | tags: asml, euv lithography, sk hynix

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Microsoft-backed start-up raises $40 million for helium atom beam lithography that could print chips at atomic resolution — 0.1nm beam is 135 times narrower than ASML's EUV light (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-24 | by Luke James | get NanoAtomic Beam Lithography Kit → | tags: lace lithography, helium atom beam, asml

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Elon Musk unveils $20 billion ‘TeraFab’ chip project to make chips, memory, and package processors all under one roof — targets a terawatt of annual compute (tomshardware.com)

2026-03-22 | by Luke James | get Intel Core i9 Processor → | tags: terafab, tesla, spacex

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DIY chip lab turns backyard shed into Class 100 cleanroom with custom lithography system (techspot.com)

2026-03-11 | get Cleanroom DIY Kit → | tags: dr. semiconductor, diy chip lab, cleanroom

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Rapidus targets mass 2nm chip production in 2027, quadruples capacity ramp up — company plans to scale to 25,000 wafer starts per month in just one year (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-13 | by Luke James | get Nanometer → | tags: lithography, production, rapidus

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Why Nvidia’s AI boom couldn’t happen without Dutch chip equipment maker ASML (cnbc.com)

2026-01-29 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | get Nvidia GPU → | tags: advanced, asml, chip

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The Top 8 Semiconductor Stories of 2025 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-30 | by Samuel K. Moore | get Semiconductor → | tags: chip, chips, lithography

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China tells chipmakers to use homegrown chipmaking tools for 50% of new capacity — decree designed to squeeze foreign suppliers out of supply chain (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Anton Shilov | get Semiconductors → | tags: asml, chinese, lithography