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US questions whether China obtained critical chip-making machine amid denials from Dutch manufacturer
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US questions whether China obtained critical chip-making machine amid denials from Dutch manufacturer
The United States has expressed concern that China may have acquired an advanced EUV lithography machine, but the Dutch manufacturer ASML and the Dutch government deny the claim.
- US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick suggested that an EUV machine may have reached China.
- ASML confirmed it tracks all 340 EUV machines it has built online and stated none are located in China.
- Dutch Trade Minister Sjurd Sjoerdsma assured US officials in late June that the Netherlands applies strict export controls on EUV technology.
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