US tells ASML it's concerned one of its chipmaking tools may be in China, Bloomberg News reports
ASML denied the allegation and said no public evidence shows an EUV machine or related components reached China.
- Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick raised concerns with ASML executives about a potential ASML EUV System in China, suggesting it could violate US-led export restrictions on advanced chip manufacturing tools.
- Washington has pressured The Hague and Tokyo to stem chip tool flows to China; ASML has never been permitted to ship ASML EUV Systems there due to export curbs imposed during the first Trump administration.
- ASML refuted the suggestion, noting that none of the 314 active ASML EUV Systems are in operation around the world in China and circulating a document in Washington to support the claim.
- Persistent concerns from the Trump administration add pressure on the Dutch firm, which has faced previous allegations that its activities undermine United States technology policies.
- The Commerce Department has not responded to queries regarding evidence of an ASML EUV System in China, while the United States maintains restricted technology flows to Huawei but permits business with SwaySure Technology.
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The US says an ASML chip tool is in China. ASML denies it.
The US has accused the one company on Earth that makes the machines behind cutting-edge chips of letting one slip into China. It has not shown its proof, and the company says it never happened. In a series of recent meetings, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ASML’s senior leaders that Washington believes one of its […] This story continues at The Next Web
US Raises Alarms Over Potential ASML EUV Technology Reaching China
According to a June 18 report by Bloomberg, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick has reportedly questioned whether one of ASML’s highly restricted extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines may have ended up in China, raising the issue directly with executives at the Dutch semiconductor equipment giant. Senior Trump administration officials told Bloomberg they have evidence […]
The manufacturer of ASML semiconductor equipment said on Friday (19) that it never sent an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine (EUV) to China. The statement comes after reports that United States authorities would have expressed concern that one of the company's most advanced tools could have arrived in the Asian country. ASML never sent an EUV machine to China, nor did we send any component, module or equipment specifically designed to be u…
US tells ASML it's concerned one of its chipmaking tools may be in China: report
ASML has pushed back against those concerns, noting that EUV, or extreme ultraviolet, lithography tools used to print tiny chip circuits are made in small quantities and require constant upkeep from ASML employees, according to the report.
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