21 points MC995 25 minutes ago 8 comments
Kim_Bruning 17 minutes ago | parent
So currently europe is exposed to russia-ukraine, us-iran, and shortly china-taiwan. This is not a great place to be in.
bilbo0s 4 minutes ago | parent
Not really much of a consolation, but it's pretty obvious that the standing committee is perfectly happy to sit back and chuckle while watching the rest of the world burn from that nice safe distance. So at least there won't be any china-taiwan issues.
But that's little consolation I understand. I get that when there are two elephants sitting on you, someone telling you how fortunate you are to not have a third one on top of you as well, is a little annoying.
rvz 13 minutes ago | parent
Europe has no money.
Culonavirus 11 minutes ago | parent
They don't call us Europoors for nothing
bethekidyouwant 6 minutes ago | parent
What is perhaps more important from ASML's standpoint is that none of the ongoing fab projects in Europe are leading-edge fabs set to use EUV and eventually High-NA EUV lithography scanners. The tools that European fabs use today and that new facilities are set to use in the future are mature tools that cost considerably less than advanced EUV or immersion DUV scanners. This is perhaps a concern for ASML, as the company is naturally interested in selling its more sophisticated and expensive equipment.
Missing from article is where they are selling which I assume is mostly Taiwan and America.
2OEH8eoCRo0 3 minutes ago | parent
Poor Europe. They should have allowed obscenely wealthy tech oligarchs and monopolies to rape their societies.