ASML
ASML makes the lithography machines that print chip patterns onto wafers, and is the only maker of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) machines.
ASMLVeldhoven, NetherlandsTools, EDA & IP
Chokepoint: The only supplier of EUV lithography machines, needed for every leading-edge chip.
Supplies
Supplies Intel
Intel, TSMC and Samsung are ASML's three largest customers for lithography machines.
Supplies Samsung Electronics
Intel, TSMC and Samsung are ASML's three largest customers for lithography machines.
Supplies SMIC
SMIC reached 7 nm using older ASML (DUV) machines it could still buy under export rules.
Supplies TSMC
Intel, TSMC and Samsung are ASML's three largest customers for lithography machines.
Buys from
Carl Zeiss SMT supplies ASML
Zeiss SMT is ASML's only source of lithography optics.
Money
Intel invests in ASML · $4.1B
Intel paid $4.1 billion for a 15 percent stake in ASML in July 2012 to help fund EUV development.
Invests in Carl Zeiss SMT
ASML owns 24.9% of Carl Zeiss SMT, its sole optics supplier.
Invests in Mistral AI
ASML invested in Mistral in September 2025, giving it an 11% shareholding. ASML supplies the semiconductor industry.
Samsung Electronics invests in ASML
Samsung took a smaller stake in ASML under the 2012 co-investment program, which funded EUV development.
TSMC invests in ASML
TSMC took a smaller stake in ASML under the 2012 co-investment program, which sold 23 percent of the company to its three largest customers.