ASML's Unmatched Grip on Global Chipmaking: CEO Fouquet Details Europe's $530 Billion Semiconductor Monopoly

ASML, the world's only producer of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines, has cemented a near-total monopoly over advanced chipmaking equipment, controlling 100% of the global EUV market and 83% of overall lithography systems worldwide. Christophe Fouquet, who became president and CEO in 2024 after leading ASML's EUV division since 2018, emphasized in recent interviews that no competitor is equipped to challenge the company's dominance in the foreseeable future.