The Dutch company ASML, as basically the only company in the world that makes the lithography machines used to produce the most complex microchips, has again become a geopolitical pawn. The United States government is preparing to force the Netherlands to ban ASML from selling almost any chip-making machines to China, NU.nl reports.
  • SleeplessCityLights@programming.devEnglish
    7·
    9 days ago

    You can’t do that. There is a reason only one company in the entire world can do it. It’s because it’s really hard to do and it is an iterative technology.

    • Talcosis@lemmy.zipEnglish
      18·
      9 days ago

      That reason is nobody has ever dumped a shitload of cash into it because it was cheaper to just buy from the company that already figured it out.