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🔎 Here’s our High NA EUV system like you’ve never seen it before. Fly with us to the heart of the system, where a high-energy laser fires on a microscopic droplet of molten tin to turn it into plasma, emitting EUV light. Anamorphic optics focus this light into a uniform beam and direct it to the reticle, which contains the blueprint of the chip. With the chip pattern now encoded in the light, projection optics focus the pattern onto the silicon wafer. Pattern by pattern, layer by layer, this is how our customers create their most advanced chips. And with High NA EUV, the chip industry will set new benchmarks for transistor density and chip performance to enable the next wave of innovation.

Today, we opened the High NA EUV Lab! ⚙️ Amid 400 representatives from the global chip industry, Intel Corporation's Ann Kelleher had the honor of proclaiming the new ASML-imec “High NA EUV Lithography Lab” in Veldhoven ‘open for business’. This lab now offers leading-edge chipmakers, equipment makers and materials suppliers access to a High NA EUV lithography system and relevant processing tools (such as a track, metrology, wafer and mask handling systems). The secure cleanroom environment enables the chip industry to experiment with, de-risk and optimize key aspects of the advanced chip manufacturing processes that will continue the scaling of logic and memory chips. Read more: http://ms.spr.ly/6049YmOl5 Luc Van den hove

This year marks 40 years of ASML and 25 years of our Technology Conference! 🌐 The first ASML Technology Conference was held in 1999 in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. Accessible by invitation, it serves as a platform where our R&D team can share innovations, breakthroughs and challenges through keynotes and research posters. Today, the Technology Conference is a global gathering, drawing over 16,000 employees across multiple locations for a full day of collaboration and knowledge sharing. This is how we shape the future of technology, together. 🦾

In May 2013, we officially welcomed Cymer into the ASML family. 🤝 To mark the occasion, we exchanged special gifts that reflected our heritages – Dutch wooden clogs and a San Diego-themed surfboard, each adorned with our names. These gifts symbolize our shared commitment to collaboration and innovation. Together, we'll continue to lead and transform the world of lithography, combining our strengths to shape the future of technology. 🚀

In the semiconductor industry, time is money. 📈 We align our lithography roadmap with the future needs of our customers. But what unique approach do we take to get our technology into the hands of chipmakers at the earliest opportunity? Here's our secret...

📢 Finale alert! Episode four of our podcast is out: http://ms.spr.ly/6041YjMMV What makes High NA EUV our most advanced technology yet? 🔍 Tune in to the last episode of 'Four Decades of ASML', a series that shares untold stories about our past, present and future. Discover the challenges and innovations behind High NA EUV, our most complex lithography tool to date. Learn how High NA EUV is set to drive the future of semiconductor manufacturing and how we collaborate with our customers to achieve high-volume production.

As we celebrate ASML’s 40th anniversary, we remember Willem Maris, our CEO during the 1990s, whose leadership was crucial in securing key partnerships with major chipmakers. 🤝 His commitment to fostering a culture of openness, customer focus and team spirit left a lasting impact that continues to inspire ASML’s direction and success. As we reflect on the milestones laid down by pioneering leaders like Maris, we look towards the future with excitement – to keep powering technology forward, one nanometer at a time. How does an open culture drive innovation in your work? 💭

📢 Launch alert! We just dropped a new podcast episode: http://ms.spr.ly/6042Yk3qe How did we overcome significant engineering challenges to make EUV work? 🤫 Tune in to part three of 'Four Decades of ASML', a series highlighting pivotal moments in our past, present and future. Dive into the key milestones of EUV lithography’s development in the 2000s. Discover the 'crazy' ideas and invincible team spirit of ASML pioneers that transformed EUV lithography into an instrumental technology in semiconductor manufacturing.

How far has our lithography technology come in 40 years? 💡 Join us on a visual journey that shows the performance evolution from our PAS 2500 in the 1980s to our High NA EUV systems today. Discover how each generation of our lithography machines set new standards for precision and productivity.

Throwing it back to 1997 with a gem from our archives. ✨ This clip from the end of a corporate video showcases what we do at ASML. It highlights our enduring commitment to innovation and dedication to customer success – values that continue to guide us today.