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.
    • Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      8 days ago

      No it’s not, ASML is Dutch and built on Dutch traditions for lithography through more than a century.
      Just because a few Americans like Intel have stock in ASML doesn’t make it American.

      • Archimedes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        This is like how Americans think they’re from other places. I’m Italian! Declares a fifth generation American who speaks no Italian and has never left New Jersey