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mrDmrTmrJyesterday at 10:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

The UV light source that ASML uses for its lithography machine is technology that was acquired in the 2013 acquisition of San Diego-based Cymber. The tech stack for the advanced light source dates back to the "EUV LLC Initiative," led by DARPA in the mid-1990s.

US origins of the key technology here give the US a veto here regardless of ASML's Dutch headquarters.


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manuelmorealeyesterday at 10:24 PM

> US origins of the key technology here give the US a veto here regardless of ASML's Dutch headquarters.

Is this an actual thing? Genuinely asking. Not that rules and laws seem to matter anymore to the current US administration anyway

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nine_kyesterday at 10:37 PM

First sale doctrine called, reminded about itself.