ASML

Semiconductor plants being set up in Dholera will use lithographic tools of Dutch company ASML, Union Electronics and IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said during his visit to its facility in Veldhoven on Friday. Vaishnaw visited ASML Headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, today, an official statement said. "Our fab in Dholera will be using the ASML equipment. So, I have come to visit here and understand their technology," Vaishnaw said. Tata Group is setting up a chip manufacturing unit in Dholera, which entails an investment of around Rs 91,000 crore. The centre has committed 50 per cent fiscal support on a pari-passu basis, and the state government will provide 20 per cent support. The minister said that ASML is the world's leading provider of lithographic tools and enables practically every chip manufactured in the world. "India has started a new semiconductor industry, and in the entire semiconductor industry, lithography, which basically means printing the circuit on the wafer,

Net bookings were driven by demand for ASML's most-advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, machines, for which €3 billion of orders were placed in the period

The second High NA tool is coming into our Oregon facility, Gelsinger said on the call, adding that the company's technology investments are 'showing good early indicators'

ASML dominates the market for lithography tools - huge expensive, complex machines that perform one step in the chipmaking process, helping to create circuitry

Canon's machinery may also add a new front in the US-China trade war, as the import of EUV machines into China is prohibited by trade sanctions

That's not just a challenge to Beijing, but also asks tough questions of allies - and presents Washington with a dilemma over how far it's willing to squeeze them to comply.

Top tech companies turn to a Dutch firm for ultra-advanced machines to make chips. The machines use light beams to make narrow circuits on chips - which are now the backbone of the world economy

ASML said the agreement began in 2018 and was slated to expire at the end of 2020, but the two companies agreed in February to extend the deal to the end of this year

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