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The Chip Ban Seven Months Later, China's Response, More on Intel and Tower Semiconductor

Sharp Tech with Ben Thompson

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The History of ASML

Lithography was the other area where Japan really moved in on the US. ASML basically completely redesigned their approach to lithography to accommodate and to be built around the 300 millimeter wafer. TSMC caught up, this was kind of the first part of TSMC catching up is they just had higher throughput and built more chips in less time than anyone else because of their partnership with ASML.

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