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The laser source, not the rest of the machine.
by Hikikomori 8mo ago
The laser source, not the rest of the machine.
- alephnerd 8mo agoThe metrology is coming from Taiwan and California (HMI) as well. The Veldhoven campus "only" does final assembly (which should not be underestimated either - it's complex and high precision work). But it's the light source and the metrology that is the blocker. Edit: can't reply > And mirrors from Carl Zeiss Absolutely! But note how Zeiss/Trumpf is not ASML. If the US DoE changes the terms of the Cymer partnership and pressures Taiwan (who have just purchased $8B in US military equipment and whom the EU logistically speaking cannot protect) to revert the HMI acquisition, ASML is over. Additonally, a lot of the muscle around Zeiss/Trumpf's mirrors is also at the Zeiss office in the Tri-Valley because of their partnership with LLNL. And both China [0] and Japan [1] are in the process of building an Ex-ASML supply chain for EUV, NA EUV, and DUV, and will likely reach that point by the late 2020s to early 2030s. [0] - https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manhattan-project-rival-west-ai-chips-2025-12-17/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manh... [1] - https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/us/SNPS/news/?DisplayType=1&ng=DGKKZO9477433003032026EA1000 https://www.nikkei.com/nkd/company/us/SNPS/news/?DisplayType...
- Hikikomori 8mo agoAnd mirrors from Carl Zeiss. Heavy lifting on "only".
- WarmWash 8mo agoThe US used this agreement to bar ASML from selling the machines to China in 2018. The machine is a clump of metal without the light source.
- Hikikomori 8mo agoIts also useless without the rest of the machine, which is likely the absolutely most complex thing we can build, except maybe things like the stellarator.