An interview with ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet on the company's 42-year history, its complex supply chain across 2,000 companies, US export bans, AI, and more
Financial TimesPatrick Jenkins
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@firstadopter
Tae Kim on x
ASML CEO pushes back at Trump. FT: “ASML's supply chain is something else. Where a typical industrial product might have a few dozen suppliers, an ASML EUV has more than 100,000 parts provided by 200 principal suppliers and 2,000 companies overall.”
@egarciagarcia
@egarciagarcia on x
ASML chief against more restrictions on China ... “If you over-restrict, you bring desperation. And desperation creates a huge appetite for people to accelerate their own technology and, potentially, at some point, become strong competitors.
@tanarrowz
@tanarrowz on x
ASML outsources to the best manufacturer of each component—Zeiss for optics, Trumpf for lasers, VDL for mechatronics. This helped it crack prob its competitors esp Jap groups Nikon and Canon, have failed to, leaving them focused only on prev-gen DUV tech https://www.ft.com/...
@ali_wyne
Ali Wyne on x
Christophe Fouquet tells @patrickjenkins_ that “desperation creates a huge appetite for people to accelerate their own technology and, potentially, at some point, become strong competitors.” https://www.ft.com/...