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Founded in 1984 in the Netherlands, ASML holds a monopoly on the extreme ultraviolet lithography machines for advanced semiconductor manufacturing

Dutch company ASML holds a global monopoly on the advanced lithography machines essential for manufacturing the world's most powerful semiconductor chips.

ASML $ASML is a Dutch semiconductor equipment company that manufactures the machines used to print circuits onto silicon chips. Without ASML's equipment, the world's most advanced chips — the kind that power smartphones, data centers, and artificial intelligence systems — cannot be made. The company is headquartered in Veldhoven, in the southern Netherlands, and........

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