The US is worried China could have a top-spec chipmaking machine despite export restrictions, but the machine maker ASML denies it
The Dutch company ASML is the only company to make the world’s most advanced chipmaking machines. Those machines have only ever gone to US or US-friendly companies such as TSMC, Intel, Samsung, and so on. The Chinese chipmaking market hasn’t had access to them—perhaps until now, that is. According to the US Commerce Secretary Howard…