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Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by astrange on Thursday December 04, 2025 @08:26PM (#46155778)
ASML is not the only sole supplier involved. There's a few more layers of them you have to replace.
Re:The RAM shortage comes for us all by umanwizard on Friday December 05, 2025 @12:19AM (#46157070)
Right, the most famous example is Zeiss which is the only company in the world that builds the high-precision mirrors needed for the most advanced ASML machines. I’m not sure if those are subject to export bans too, but even if they are, I think China could eventually figure out how to build them. It’s just a matter of a huge amount of R&D that would need to be done first.