ASML reports profits through the roof
Profits up 38 percent
Dutch supplier of computer chip making gear, ASML, said that its 2021 sales outlook has shot up by 40 percent amid the global computer chip shortage.
ASML Holding is caught in China and US trade war
US leaning on the Dutch to prevent the Chinese from getting the tech
ASML has become a pawn in the game of thrones between China and the US.
ASML sells chipmaking gear to China
US miffed
ASML has extended a deal to sell chip manufacturing equipment to Semiconductor Manufacturing International China’s largest chipmaker, until the end of this year.
ASML does better than expected
Double digit growth
Semiconductor equipment maker ASML posted a better than expected quarterly earnings and forecast a double-digit growth for next year on strong end-demand for electronics devices.
China warns Dutch that ASML ban will cause serious problems
Ambassador warned
Trade relations between China and the Netherlands would be damaged if Dutch semiconductor equipment supplier ASML is not allowed to ship its newest machines to China, Beijing’s ambassador to the Netherlands warned.
Chipmakers suffering during trade war
No second half recovery this year
US chipmaker Broadcom warned a US-China trade conflict and export restrictions on Huawei were causing a worldwide slowdown in demand for chips.
ASML says Samsung not involved in IP theft
Media made the wrong assumption
ASML denied any involvement by its top client Samsung Electronics Co Ltd in an intellectual property theft case between the Dutch chip equipment maker and a rival.
ASML plays down corporate theft
What was stolen was not a lithography blueprint
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML admitted that a US software subsidiary was the victim of corporate theft several years ago, but denied that the information stolen was for a lithography machine.
TSMC sees profits fall
As an expected trade war looms
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing has reported a 0.9 percent fall in third quarter net profits.
Intel reduces stake in ASML
Just three percent
Chipzilla has reduced its stake in supplier ASML to just below three percent.