China is hurrying to buy as much ... The company's nanoimprint lithography machines, announced last month, can be used to produce 5nm chips and are claimed to be less costly than ASML's kit.

machines, which use light with a wavelength of just 13.5nm - almost 14 times sharper than DUV's 195nm. China has spent years ...

However, since 1988, when the first machine was shipped to China, ASML has by the end of 2023 installed nearly 1,400 units of photolithography and measurement machines. Therefore the company's ...