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Introduction
The company which dominates the market for microchips is called ASML. Its central role in an industry we all rely on has placed it in the middle of a global tussle. The business of designing and building the machines that are used to print the billions of tiny circuits, which make up microchips, is limited to a very small number of companies. At the most technologically advanced end of the market, ASML has an effective monopoly.