ASML denies US accusation an advanced machine reached China (opens in new tab)

ASML has denied a US suggestion that one of its most advanced chipmaking machines may have reached China in breach of export controls, after the accusation was reported by Bloomberg, citing people familiar with the talks. US commerce secretary Howard Lutnick raised the concern with senior ASML executives in a series of recent meetings, telling them Washington believed an extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography system – the most advanced chipmaking tool, made only by ASML – could be operating in...