A crucial technology maker is accusing an employee in China of stealing its data and says export controls may have been violated.
ASML is the world’s top manufacturer of lithography machines. This type of equipment is needed to produce semiconductors.
Microchip making giants like Intel and TSMC use ASML’s machines to make their most advanced tech.
Because of that, ASML has gotten tangled in the rising tech war between the U.S. and China. By Washington’s request, the company has been restricted from selling its most advanced equipment to China since 2019.
