• An extreme‑ultraviolet (EUV) photomask, the glass master that projects nanometer‑scale chip patterns onto silicon wafers at the ASML Holding NV headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. "Better lithography means better resolution, better accuracy and better productivity. And we're going to work basically on those three axes for many, many years." ASML Chief Executive Officer Christophe Fouquet said. Photographer: Wiktor Dabkowski/Bloomberg

  • An employee assembles a ASML NXT1970Ci photolithography machine at the ASML Holding NV factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Thursday, June 5, 2014. ASML, Europe's largest semiconductor-equipment supplier, predicted sales trailing analysts' estimates on slowing demand from makers of chips that process functions in devices. Photographer: Jasper Juinen/Bloomberg via Getty Images