US Flags Concern to ASML Over EUV Tool Possibly in China

The US Commerce Department has directly raised concerns with ASML executives that one of its top-of-the-line EUV lithography machines may have reached China in possible violation of export restrictions. According to Bloomberg News, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told ASML's senior leadership in a series of meetings that one of the company's most advanced chipmaking tools may have made its way into China, potentially breaching US-led export controls. The account, attributed to several people familiar with the matter, notes that no official comment from ASML or China has been confirmed so far.