Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology sector

Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by radicaldreamer on Sunday January 24, 2021 @06:44PM (#25897404)

I'm not sure about "new" companies, but the market leader for lithography (Taiwanese HMI now owned by Dutch ASML) has major R&D in San Jose.

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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by Someone on Sunday January 24, 2021 @07:00PM (#25897502)

And they don’t make real money, compared to the Apples, Facebooks and Googles of the world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASML_Holding says they had about 10 billion in revenues, 2½ billion in net income for about 18 billion in assets, for about 14% return on investment.

That looks good, but they’re in a highly cyclical market; every recession, their sales more or less completely dry up, and those figures are for a good year.

That’s why I can understand why investors aren’t lining up to invest in that kind of company.

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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by joelbluminator on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:58AM (#25901017)

Because building the next Facebook or Google is realistic?

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