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Re:ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 by pillefitz on Sunday September 27, 2026 @10:55AM (#49867166)
a.) Lack of doesn't imply inability b.) There are plenty of chip fabs in Europe
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Re:ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 by rurban on Sunday September 27, 2026 @12:36PM (#49868272)
But no state of the art ones, which would need to use ASML. All good ones are in Taiwan, Korea or the US.

The best Europeans are 10x worse, only China is catching up with only 2x worse.

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Re:ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 by smw on Sunday September 27, 2026 @02:56PM (#49869695)
Are there any competitive fabs in the US now? My understanding was no.
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Re:ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 by klrefg on Monday September 28, 2026 @01:32AM (#49874019)
Intel is miles ahead of anything Europe has.
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Re:ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 by crote on Sunday September 27, 2026 @01:03PM (#49868527)
Okay, and?

Europe is allied with Taiwan and South Korea, and until recently also with the United States. Those countries can't build new chip factories without European lithography. Do you want everyone to innovate and grow by having each country focus on what they are good at, or do you want everyone to burn trillions reinventing the wheel over and over again solely for their own domestic market?

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