The ASML Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine is widely identified as the world’s most important machine, serving as the sole tool capable of printing the cutting-edge microchips that power modern artificial intelligence, smartphones, and supercomputers. Manufactured exclusively by the Dutch company ASML, these 150-tonne colossi are priced between $200 million and $350 million each and are indispensable for producing chips with
