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ASML's High-NA chipmaking tool will cost $380 million — orders for 10 to 20 machines (Tom's Hardware)

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2024 · press
https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/manufacturing/asmls-high-na-chipmaking-tool-will-cost-dollar380-million-the-company-already-has-orders-for-10-to-20-machines-and-is-ramping-up-production ↗

Abstract

ASML's High-NA chipmaking tool will cost $380 million — orders for 10 to 20 machines (Tom's Hardware). Fetched by the auto-model research pass; the figures below are cited from this source in the model's flow, idiot-index, energetic-index, and market tabs.

Key facts

Reviewer note

Real source gathered during the extend-silicon-stack research pass (2026-06-21). Figures attributed to it in the model link back here.