Company
ASML
Dutch photolithography company
ASML Holding N.V. (originally an abbreviation of Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) is a Dutch company that develops and manufactures photolithography machines used to produce integrated circuits.
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“ASML Holding N.V. (originally an abbreviation of Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography) is a Dutch company that develops and manufactures photolithography machines used to produce integrated circuits.”
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