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China hit hard by new Dutch export controls on ASML chip-making equipment


Mainland semiconductor factories could face significant production challenges, as the Netherlands bans Dutch chip tool giant ASML Holding from servicing some of its most reliable equipment in China, according to industry insiders. Earlier this month, Dutch foreign trade and development minister Reinette Klever announced a change to the country's export controls, requiring ASML to apply for licences to sell its 1970i and 1980i immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) machines to China-based customers. In

Mainland semiconductor factories could face significant production challenges, as the Netherlands bans Dutch chip tool giant ASML Holding from servicing some of its most reliable equipment in China, according to industry insiders. Earlier this month, Dutch foreign trade and development minister Reinette Klever announced a change to the country's export controls, requiring ASML to apply for licences to sell its 1970i and 1980i immersion deep ultraviolet (DUV) machines to China-based customers. In addition, ASML is required to apply for a licence to service, as well as provide spare parts and software updates, for immersion lithography systems previously sold to Chinese customers that have since come under restriction, according to a Reuters report, citing a Dutch government statement.

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