Washington has been lobbying the Dutch to prevent ASML from servicing some of the billions of euros worth of tools it has already sold to Chinese customers
From China's strategic alliance with Russia to chip equipment giant ASML's plans to move operations abroad — the Mark Rutte government will have a lot to consider as it makes a decision
The Chinese president also warned his Dutch counterpart against restricting chip ties with Beijing, amid increasing pressure from the United States
Washington is also pushing the Netherlands to stop ASML from maintaining and servicing equipment it sold to China before the Dutch chip export curbs came into effect
Local governments in Shanghai and Anhui will fund a variety of semiconductor-related projects this year — ranging from the development of DRAM chips to building facilities for chipmaking and its tools
ASML tools are used to make advanced semiconductors that can go into "high-value weapons systems and weapons of mass destruction,” a top Dutch official said
The largest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers said new competitors with 'substantial financial resources' and 'the ambition of self-sufficiency' were a business risk
The 5nm tech will be used to produce chips for Huawei's new smartphones, and, if successful, could also be used for its AI chips
The machines are aimed at disrupting the most expensive step in the chipmaking process, by “stamping” chip designs on to silicon wafers instead of etching them using ultraviolet light
"We are deeply concerned by the direct involvement of the United States in interferring with the export of lithography machines by Dutch companies to China," a commerce ministry spokesperson said
ASML detailed the chip technology theft, which happened in 2022, in part of its annual report in February this year
The chief of one of the world’s biggest chip equipment-makers, ASML, said isolating China completely will ‘force’ the country to ramp up innovation