DUV machines are far cheaper, ranging from $5 million to $90 million, but ASML sold 374 of the legacy machines in 2024. China is a major buyer of those DUV systems, making up 49% of ASML's ...

ASML sold 44 EUV machines last year, with a price tag starting at $220 million. DUV machines are far cheaper, ranging from $5 million to $90 million, but ASML sold 374 of the legacy machines in 2024.

ASML , the biggest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers, said on Wednesday said it has shipped one of its newest "High NA" EUV lithography systems to a second customer.

ASML announced it had achieved "first light" using its new High-NA machine this week, which means it's functioning correctly but not fully operational yet. Intel also confirmed the news in a tech ...

However, the main concern is not that Chinese companies may develop their own EUV lithography tools some 15 years down the road, but that they might copy ASML's mainstream DUV machines (such as ...

Only ASML’s high-NA EUV machines can pull off that trick, but at a wallet-crushing $350 million apiece finding a startup with that kind of spare change is tricky.