An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
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Dutch chip maker ASML denies reports delayed China order is due to US pressure, says it needs export licence

  • China’s biggest computer chip maker SMIC placed an order with ASML in April last year for cutting-edge EUVs but the shipment is still pending

Topic |   China technology
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Li Tao and Sarah Dai

Updated: 8:29pm, 8 Nov, 2019

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An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
An employee walks past an ASML logo, a Dutch company which is currently the largest supplier in the world of semiconductor manufacturing machines via photolithography systems in Veldhoven on April 17, 2018. Photo: AFP
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