AMSTERDAM – The Netherlands’ defence ministry suggested the federal government in 2020 to not permit semiconductor tools provider ASML Holding NV to export any of its most fashionable machines to China, Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad reported on Friday.
The FD obtained a barely redacted model of the recommendation, which it has revealed on its web site, by way of a Freedom of Info Act request.
“From the angle of the Dutch army and safety pursuits within the mid-to-long-term it's of significance … that ASML not be granted any export allow for the supply of EUV machines to China and that this distinctive know-how be protected as a lot as doable,” the recommendation addressed to the overseas ministry mentioned.
EUV refers to ASML‘s flagship lithography machines, which value $200 million every and are utilized by chipmakers to create the circuitry of pc chips.
The recommendation has been heeded, as ASML has not shipped EUV know-how to Chinese language prospects.
The publication comes because the Dutch authorities is weighing further restrictions on ASML‘s exports of older tools to China.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte mentioned on Jan. 17 he anticipated a “good end result” to discussions with the US on the matter after assembly with President Joe Biden in Washington.
The letter additionally spelled out the potential dangers of exporting the know-how.
“The possibility that a NATO member state sooner or later should defend itself towards independently produced weapons techniques would grow to be a lot bigger if EUV machines are exported,” the recommendation mentioned.
“As well as our most essential strategic safety associate, the US, has made an pressing enchantment to the Netherlands to not export the EUV know-how to China.”
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