ASML denies US government claims that banned EUV chipmaking tool reached China, calls rumors inaccurate and damaging; says it tracks all 314 active systems worldwide, none in China.

ASML denies US government report that its EUV chipmaking tool was shipped to China — says 'rumors' are 'inaccurate and damaging to our reputation'

(Image credit: ASML) ASML has told Tom's Hardware that claims one of its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems has ended up in China despite export restrictions is both inaccurate and damaging to its reputation. It follows a report that Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick questions senior leadership, concerned that one of the machines had ended up in China in breach of export restrictions.The company is refuting a recent report claiming the U.S. government believes that one of ASML's extre...