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ASML directional thesis

China is stuck on advanced chips not because it cannot copy TSMC but because it cannot copy ASML, the one company whose machines every chip fab on Earth must buy.

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“the fabs today all basically use machines from like 5 companies. Yeah. You know, so. You know, you've got ASML, Tokyo Electron, KLA-Sencor”
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