An extreme ultraviolet lithography machine used in leading-edge chip fabrication costs more than $100 million and is made solely by ASML in the Netherlands.
Notes on verification
Multiple independent contemporaneous sources (Forbes, CNBC, Fool.com, Asia Times, Construction Physics) corroborate both the >$100M price point and ASML's sole-manufacturer status for EUV lithography machines. No contradicting sources found. [tier=silver indep_score=0.85 clusters=5 claim_tier=notable | kind=empirical eligibility=high]
Sources
- The great chip crisis threatens the promise of Moore's Law (seed:technology_and_ai)
- https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/23/inside-asml-the-company-advanced-chipmakers-use-for-euv-lithography.html (corroboration)
- https://asiatimes.com/2021/09/the-150mn-machine-that-is-changing-the-world/ (corroboration)
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/stephenmcbride1/2021/05/12/semiconductor-equipment-maker-asml-is-at-the-center-of-the-global-chip-shortage/ (corroboration)
- https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/12/28/will-asml-be-a-trillion-dollar-stock-by-2030 (corroboration)
- https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-asml-got-euv (corroboration)