Pardon his French. Christophe Fouquet, ceo of ASML: "You have no idea how many fuck-ups it takes to build the world's most complex machine. That’s the only way to innovate. But the context has changed. The whole world is watching #ASML now." nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

What machine, the size of a bus and costing over $400 million, holds the fate of the entire global tech industry in its circuits? “Focus: The ASML Way” by Marc Hijink uncovers how ASML, a little-known Dutch company, became the backbone of the global semiconductor industry,

Just stumbled onto this old tweet from MWC Barcelona. Ten years ago Mark Zuckerberg was quite sure there was no use case for 'sexy' satellites providing global internet coverage. (Facebook's bet was on solar-powered drones, the Aquila Project that nosedived in 2018)

Great book on $ASML by marc hijink 🎱nrc Anyone who wants a better understanding of $ASML's history, culture, leadership, geopolitical positioning, ecosystem of suppliers, innovation, and perspective on the challenges & opportunities ahead for the company will get a ton of value

Oddly symbolic that the most valuable European company - ASML, valued at ~$280B - was funded not by VCs, but the EU and the Dutch government. And by multinational Phillips (all this funding in the mid-1980s) No VC money involved. From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink

Buizenversterkers, voor het betere gitaarwerk, domineren de #Top2000. De iconische #Marshall en #Fender amps zijn nu digitale klonen. Net echt? NRC vraagt het Bert Meulendijk, Jochanan Bax, Marijn van der Maat en Jop van Summeren. #kemper #fractal #line6 nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/12…

Great review of Focus the ASML Way: “Not spoiling, but I had so many "gosh" and "wtf" moments reading it, when I read about the level of tech and effort that goes into building "a machine".

Great to see ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ featuring ‘Focus the ASML Way’ in this extensive piece by Ben Cohen. Somehow, the chapter about #cows impacting U.S. chip fabs really sticks. #euv wsj.com/tech/ai/asml-e…

Hilarious story on the economics of bribes and the downstream impact. In 2007, ~$700M worth of sales were put on hold thanks to a Russian supplier not wanting to optimize how they pay bribes to customs officers when shipping to Germany. From Focus: The ASML Way by Marc Hijink

Fantastic review of Focus the ASML Way, by Maria Keet of the University of Cape Town 🇿🇦 "Wonderfully written page-turner. A must-read for anyone, especially for computer scientists, engineers, managers and entrepreneurs, and politicians and R&D funders." keet.wordpress.com/#0.0.2.FOCUS%2…

Dit zijn de 7 dingen die dit jaar veranderen in je parkeer-app. NRC duikt achter de schermen van de geavanceerde Nederlandse parkeertechniek. Hoe werken apps als #EasyPark en wat verandert er in 2025? Hint: de #scanauto ziet meer dan je denkt. nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01…

Excellent review of Focus the ASML Way, by Emily Jin It's fascinating to see that every reader has their own highlights. [hah!]

For ASML,the #AI revolution has only just begun. Investors bounced back from the #DeepSeek-dip after record results in Q4. Smaller and cheaper AI models will accelerate the spread of AI technology and thus increase the demand for chips NRC nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/01…

'Focus' turns out to be a catchy title. According to the Dutch secret service, a former Russian employee took data from Mapper, ASML and NXP to share it with Russian Intelligency Agency via a Google Drive account with username ‘Focus’. NOS nos.nl/nieuwsuur/arti…

Brainport Industries, het Brabantse kenniscluster rondom ASML, werkt in China mee aan een 'landingsplaats' voor Nederlandse hightechbedrijven. Er komen meer van deze hubs in Azië, om het oplaaiende handelsconflict tussen de VS en China te omzeilen. NRC ging kijken aan het front

"Bij 15.000 openbare laadpalen betalen EV-rijders ongemerkt 5 procent te veel" nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/03…

Recently, a story popped up about Huawei creating EUV light with laser-induced discharge plasma, to manufacture cutting edge chips. In the early days of EUV, ASML tried this technology but it proved to be way too messy. Former CTO Martin van den Brink in Focus - the ASML Way:

"Recomendadísimo." Great review of Focus: the ASML Way by Spanish tech site xataka.

Russian engineer German A. is suspected of having sold trade secrets of ASML and NXP Semiconductors to Russia. His name is on ASML patents and his personal hard drives also contained files from GlobalFoundries and TSMC. A master spy or a failed 'operator'?nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/04…

To create even smaller nanostructures on a chip, ASML has several aces up its sleeve. NRC 's science section takes a deep dive into the fundamental research behind EUV lithography, driving Moore's Law forward for decades to come. nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/05…