= ASML Holding
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= ASML
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As of 2020 leading makers of the most important <fab> <photolithography> equipment.
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{title=ASML: TSMC's Critical Supplier by <Asianometry> (2021)}
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{title=How ASML Won Lithography by <Asianometry> (2021)}
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First there were dominant Elmer and Geophysics Corporation of America dominating the market.
Then a Japanese government project managed to make Nikon and Canon Inc. catch up, and in 1989, when <Ciro Santilli> was born, they had 70% of the market.
https://youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=240 In 1995, ASML had reached 25% market share. Then it managed the folloging faster than the others:
* TwinScan, reached 50% market share in 2002
* Immersion litography
* EUV. There was a big split between EUV vs particle beams, and ASML bet on EUV and EUV won.
* https://youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=459 they have an insane number of <software engineers> working on software for the machine, which is insanely complex. They are big on <UML>.
* https://youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=634 they use <ZEISS> optics, don't develop their own. More precisely, the majority owned subsidiary <Carl Zeiss SMT>.
* https://youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=703 <IMEC> collaborations worked well. Notably the <ASML>/<Philips>/<ZEISS> trinity
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* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLNsYecX_2Q ASML: Chip making goes vacuum with EUV (2009) Self promotional video, some good shots of their buildings.