However, ASML kept shipping advanced DUV lithography tools, such as the Twinscan NXT:2000i, which are capable of producing chips on 5nm and 7nm-class process technologies. As a result, SMIC has ...

Of the two companies, ASML appears to have the edge on which is the more foundational technology. ASML has had (at least until recently) a monopoly on extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography.

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The Dutch government excludes billions of euros of sales by technology company ASML to China from disclosures on sensitive goods exports, it has told Reuters, following a ...