Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools

Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by throwup238 on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:35PM (#42772222)

EUV technology was developed in partnership with the US Department of Energy which is why the US can implement export controls (it was an explicit condition of original deal with the DoE). A significant part of the “secret sauce” is manufactured in San Diego.

It’s not really “one firm in the Netherlands”, it’s a global collaboration that goes back to the 1990s. Intel was involved from the beginning, they just dropped the ball.

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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by to11mtm on Monday January 20, 2025 @02:46PM (#42772309)

> it’s a global collaboration

Yep, even on the optics side (IIRC Zeiss, Nikon and Samsung are big players in the optical side...)

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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by milleramp on Monday January 20, 2025 @04:24PM (#42773244)

I saw a working euv laser at TRW in the early 2000's. https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16550...

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Re:Dutch Align with US Export Controls on Some ASML Chip Tools by throwup238 on Monday January 20, 2025 @05:14PM (#42773717)

EUV LLC is the joint venture between ASML, Intel, etc funded by the Department of Energy. That’s the legal structure that they used to bring the entire deal together. TRW was a partner.

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