ASML
ASML
ASML in Veldhoven builds the machines chip fabs use to print patterns on silicon. For the newest generations there is no alternative anywhere.
- Ticker
- ASML
- Børs
- Euronext Amsterdam / Nasdaq
- Hovedkontor
- Veldhoven, Nederland
- Grunnlagt
- 1984
- Rolle i AI-kjeden
- Leverandørkjede
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What the machines do
Lithography exposes a pattern on a wafer. ASML's EUV systems use extremely short wavelengths, enabling features a few nanometres wide.
A machine costs hundreds of millions of euros and ships in parts; the service contracts afterwards are a steady income stream.
Export rules and politics
The Netherlands and the US restrict exports of the most advanced systems to China, which hits the order book and makes ASML a geopolitical file.
Meanwhile AI demand pushes investment at TSMC, Samsung and Intel, where ASML benefits first.
Risks
The order cycle is lumpy and the customer base is small.
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Why has ASML no EUV competition?
The technology took decades and a chain of specialised suppliers. No one else has a working system.
How hard do export limits hit?
They cap sales of top systems to certain markets while AI investment lifts demand elsewhere.
Is ASML an AI stock?
Indirectly: without these machines there are no advanced AI chips.
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