Which Dutch company sells machines for 1 100 million euros? Why is it so powerful?

Because ZTE was banned by the US Department of Commerce, this kind of high-end equipment known only to industry professionals is also known to the public. This is mask aligner, which is one of the most critical devices for producing chips. The top-end mask aligner can sell for 1 billion dollars, and you have to wait in line to buy it. Even if you place an order, it will take 2 1 month to get it.

The highest-end mask aligner in the world comes from ASML, the Netherlands, and its Chinese name is ASML. The world's top mask aligner manufacturers currently occupy more than 90% of the market share of the world's highest-end high-end mask aligner, which means that Asml is in an absolute monopoly position.

ASML, the Netherlands, is independent from Philips, a famous electronics manufacturer, focusing on high-end technology research and development and producing high-end mask aligner. The company's business strategy has two characteristics: one is global procurement to ensure that the most advanced components can be obtained, and the other is to give priority to the supply of investors. Therefore, IBM, TSMC, Samsung and Intel all hold shares in the company, which not only ensures sufficient R&D funds in ASML, but also controls the market sales of high-end products.

ASML's latest product EUV mask aligner is expected to supply SMIC in 20 19. This set of equipment is the highest-end in the world, and it is also the only mask aligner that can produce chips below 10 nm, which has a great influence on the development of IC industry.

There is a high-tech company in Holland called ASML, which is called ASML Company in Chinese. Is a company specializing in the manufacture of electronic chip machines, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. At present, each machine produced here is worth about 1 100 million euros, and the order has been scheduled for next year. It is planned to supply 22 sets this year and at least 30 sets next year.

This Dutch ASML company is a global leader in the field of chip manufacturing, and its customers include chip giants such as IBM, TSMC and Intel. At present, ASML's market share in this product has reached 90%, and its competitors are Japanese Canon and Nikon.

With the popularity of mobile phones, palmtop computers and various electronic devices, the demand for electronic chips is increasing. Peter Wennink, the company's president, said last year that the demand is great and increasing. It is estimated that by 2020, there will be 50 billion computers and Internet connections in the world, so there is a great demand for chips for computing and storage.

ASML was originally the research and development department of semiconductor products under the Dutch electronics giant Philips. Later, it was separated from Philips and established a new company with Philips 1984. This is a merger of ASM International Company and Philips Company, using the name ASM Lithography, or ASML for short.

Over the years, the company has continuously innovated and launched a new generation of products, maintaining a leading position in the world. Starting from the initial production of chips with only 45 nanometers, new technologies will be adopted, and by 2024, a new machine with only 3 nanometers of chips will be launched.

The company has been listed in Amsterdam and Nasdaq since 1995.

A few days ago, the company announced that it would recruit 3,000 people around the world while announcing its latest results. Peter Wennink, president of the company, said that the professional and technical talents in this field in the Netherlands have been sorted out one by one, and foreign talents must be introduced, otherwise it is difficult for the company to achieve greater development. The president said that now everyone is talking about bitcoin, blockchain, artificial intelligence, automatic cars and so on. And there is no mention of mobile phones and cloud computing. All this is inseparable from the chip industry, and the chip industry is inseparable from the manufacturing industry. This is the foundation of the foundation!

Last year, the company had more than 654.38 million job seekers around the world, and finally hired 2,500 people, 40% of whom were Dutch and the rest were foreigners. More than half of the employed people work in the Netherlands.

According to the figure of 20 16, the company has nearly170,000 employees, of which more than 2,600 are temporary positions and employees come from more than 100 countries.

At the talent forum hosted by the China Association of Scholars and Engineers in the Netherlands, some China scholars working in ASML appealed to China professionals to apply for jobs in ASML.

This is the famous Ascat company. As the top product in the world's chip industry chain and food chain, mask aligner of AS Cat is one of the most expensive products on the planet, and the key family is the only one in the world without semicolons.

Ascat was originally an industry owned by Philips, and then gradually became independent. The outside world is not allowed to put such a key product on Philips' account. It is best to maintain its relative independence. Later, Samsung and several chip giants also bought some shares in Ascat, but the core still did not let one company monopolize.

The strength of Ascat lies not only in its monopoly of the most powerful chip industry-mask aligner, but also in its industrial chain, including German optical giant Zeiss and Japanese optical giant Nikon Canon. There is no doubt that Ascat plays an important role in the evolution of chip industry from 14nm to 7nm.

It's not that China doesn't want to develop mask aligner, but that China's current technological limit in mask aligner is tens of nanometers, which is almost decades behind Ascat.

Of course, the recent good news is that Ascat is not absolutely banned in China. It seems that a mask aligner was sold to an enterprise in China this year. Of course, we should also consider that the annual output of Ascat is too low, and when it can be delivered is still unknown.

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What company in the Netherlands is so awesome that a machine costs 100 million euros? It is ASML (ASML), the largest supplier of chip lithography equipment in the world.

ASML asml holding company (Nasdaq: ASML, Euronext: ASML) was established in 1984, and is an independent semiconductor equipment manufacturer under Philips. ASM Lithography Holding N.V., formerly known as ASM Lithography Holding N.V., changed its name in 200 1 year, headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, with 12 and 168 full-time employees, is a semiconductor equipment design, manufacturing and sales company.

At present, most semiconductor manufacturers in the world buy TWINSCAN models from ASML, such as Intel, Samsung, Hynix, TSMC, UMC, Singer and other semiconductor factories. With the development of Moore's Law, the chip is below 7nm, which requires a more advanced EUV lithography system. Only ASML NXE:3400B can meet the demand in the world.

How does ASML mask aligner help the chip? We can look at the official introduction of ASML:

Simply put, this lithography equipment is the projection system. This equipment is assembled from 50000 parts.

In practical use, the laser beam is projected through a blueprint or photomask printed with a pattern, and the optical lens focuses the pattern on the silicon wafer coated with an inductive photochemical coating. When the unexposed part is etched away, the pattern appears immediately …

This process is repeated over and over again, producing billions of microstructures on a chip. The wafers are superimposed on each other with a precision of 2 nanometers and move at an accelerated speed, as fast as lightning. It is high-tech to achieve this accuracy. You know, even the hair is100000 nanometers, and the fineness of 2 nanometers can be imagined.

Friends, have you gained some knowledge through my brief introduction? Finally, I wish greater China a rapid catch-up in the field of science and technology!

This company is the Dutch asml company, which mainly produces mask aligner. In 20 17, the company sold 198 mask aligner, monopolizing 80% of the high-end mask aligner market. All chip manufacturers must buy asml mask aligner, otherwise they can't produce chips at all, and they must buy the latest mask aligner.

Even so, the demand for mask aligner in asml is still in short supply, so it needs to be booked in advance, otherwise it will be too late for production. It is reported that 80% of this year's products were booked last year. If you don't book in advance, you can't buy the mask aligner of asml at all.

Which company do you think can make China chips well? Xiaomi or Huawei? Mask aligner giant ASML, whose full name is Advanced Semiconductor Material Lithography Technology Company, is a company located in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and is currently the top semiconductor equipment manufacturer in the world.

Thanks to Sino-US trade, this Dutch enterprise is famous in China, but it does have strength, because it occupies 70% of the global market in mask aligner, and it can be said that it is the world's top semiconductor processing equipment manufacturer at present, and the gap with Nikon, Canon and ASML is not a fraction of a star.

1984, Philips, the world's electrical giant, and ASMI, a semiconductor manufacturer, jointly established the ASML, focusing on developing lithography systems. At the initial stage of its establishment, Philips invested only $2,654,380,000 in ASML, and the entire ASML team consisted of only a few dozen people. From this amount and team size alone, we can see how difficult it was in ASML at that time. ASML was just a brand owned by Philips.

1995, ASML was listed in Amsterdam and new york, and then Philips gradually sold all its shares in ASML.

In about 200 1 year, ASML introduced a two-stage mask aligner named TWINSCAN.

In 2006, ASML produced the first prototype of EUV photomask aligner.

In 20 12, ASML began to invite its main customers, Intel, Samsung and TSMC, to share the R&D cost of up to one billion euros per year, and jointly manufacture mass-produced EUV mask aligner, and promised to give priority to the latter three companies. In this way, the world's three major chip manufacturers have also completed the interest binding with ASML, forming a consortium of interests forged by capital and technology.

This is why Intel, Samsung and TSMC are the only three companies whose chip processing technology has always been ahead of the world semiconductor manufacturing industry.

Today, ASML occupies more than 70% of the global mask aligner market, leading the way in the field of high-end EUV mask aligner. As a manufacturing enterprise, the gross profit margin can reach 44% every year, which is almost at the same level as that of large Internet companies with light assets.

ASML (ASML), a small company with more than 200 people, is a famous chip manufacturing equipment-mask aligner complete equipment. This kind of equipment is unique in the world, and it is usually reserved in line. The output of ASML (ASML) is not high, with an annual output of only 5-6 sets of equipment. Because ASML's equipment contains some American technologies, the United States suppressed Huawei and restricted the sale of the equipment to China.

In fact, when ASML (ASML) encountered a technical bottleneck, TSMC engineers made great contributions to it. Later, this engineer left TSMC with Zhang Rujing for other reasons and returned to the mainland to establish SMIC. It has been 20 years since then. Today, SMIC has become the national team in the field of chip manufacturing in China. After all, mask aligner is the most accurate and technically complex equipment in the world. We believe SMIC has been trying to break through the technical bottleneck in mask aligner. One day, I will ride the long wind, break through the huge waves, raise the muddy sails and build a bridge on the deep sea. SMIC will make China people proud, and that day will come!

ASML Company (full name: Advanced Semiconductor Material Lithography), with Chinese names of ASML (Chinese mainland) and Esmore (Taiwan Province Province, China). Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, it is one of the largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers in the world, providing leading comprehensive key equipment for global complex integrated circuit manufacturers. ASML shares are listed in Amsterdam and new york respectively.

Headquartered in Veldhoven, the Netherlands, it is a high-tech company with the second highest per capita research funding in Europe. In 20 10, its global net sales revenue exceeded 4.5 billion euros. 222 machines were sold in 20 1 1 year.

, the global net sales revenue is 565 1 billion euros, and the net profit is10.467 billion euros. To 20 1 1, the global market share is 75%.

Address of China Branch: Floor A 17, No.560 Songtao Road, Zhangjiang High-tech Park.

ASML headquarters in Wildhoven, Netherlands.

Product service

ASML provides mask aligners and related services for semiconductor manufacturers. TWINSCAN series is a high-end lithography model with the highest precision, the highest production efficiency and the most extensive application in the world. At present, most semiconductor manufacturers in the world buy TWINSCAN models from ASML, such as Intel, Samsung, Hynix, TSMC and SMIC.

ASML's product lines are divided into PAS series, AT series, XT series and NXT series, among which PAS series is a high-pressure mercury lamp light source and has been discontinued, while AT series is an old model and most of them have been discontinued. The main models on the market are XT series and NXT series, which are ArF and KrF laser sources respectively. XT series is a relatively mature model, which is divided into dry type and immersion type, while NXT series is a high-end model that is mainly promoted now, all of which are immersion type.

At present, the most advanced model that has been commercialized is Twinscan NXT 1950i, which belongs to immersion mask mask aligner and is used to produce integrated circuits with critical dimensions below 38 nm.

At present, there are three manufacturers in mask aligner that provide commercial mass production: ASML, Nikon and Canon. According to the statistics in 2007, ASML occupied about 60% of the market share in the middle and high-end mask aligner market. In the high-end market (such as immersive mask aligner), ASML currently accounts for about 80% of the market. However, competitor Nikon is also struggling to catch up, and its main advantage lies in its relatively low price.

in China

ASML has been committed to the expansion and cooperation of the China market, and has set up branches in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuxi and Hong Kong to provide customers with timely service and consultation. With the expansion of the company's business and the development of China's semiconductor industry, it is believed that emerging semiconductor bases such as Dalian, Chengdu, Chongqing and Han will also be included in the territory of ASML. ASML is confident to cooperate with semiconductor practitioners in China to open the way for technological innovation and market expansion. At present, ASML has signed scholarships and scientific research cooperation agreements with famous universities such as Zhejiang University, Dalian University of Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology and Shanghai Jiaotong University, which has made its own contribution to cultivating and attracting local talents.

The company that can dominate the world semiconductor industry is called ASML, which is the top mask aligner manufacturer in the world, and no company in the world can keep pace with it.

At present, the only company that can produce mask aligner in China is SMEE, accounting for 80% of the domestic market share. But even the most advanced domestic manufacturers in mask aligner only have mask aligner with 90nm capability. And ASML, an awesome ASML company, has been able to produce 7nm or even 5nm EUV mask aligner, and the gap is really not bigger from generation to generation.

1, ASML was founded before ASML was born, and the field of mask aligner was dominated by Sony. Because the core technologies used by mask aligner are light perception and projection, Sony camera technology is world-famous, so it is natural to be a mask aligner. For example, the CD we used to use often is similar to this one.

At the beginning of the establishment of ASML, he didn't need technology, talent or much money. It was not until they began to cooperate with Philips Laboratories that he began his soaring road.

In fact, as early as a few years ago, Philips Laboratories developed a prototype of mask aligner. But they had no confidence in this and begged for cooperation with other big manufacturers, and no one paid attention to him. Later, I took this opportunity to pursue white, and Philips Lab looked down on this poor man. After more than a year's consideration, after seeing that no one really took over, I considered marrying him and setting up a 50/50 joint venture company.

2. Going beyond Sony and Philips to establish a joint venture will only give ASML a foothold in the mask aligner industry. However, mask aligner's industry is still dominated by Sony, and ASML's market share did not exceed 65,438+00% for a long time, which was far behind by Sony until the emergence of a generation of cattle man Lin Benjian.

Before this, the mask mask aligner was made by the "dry" projection technology with air as the medium, but when this technology developed to a certain stage, it encountered a bottleneck, that is, the wavelength of the lithography light source could not be shortened from 193nm to 157nm.

At that time, scientists in the semiconductor industry all over the world devoted themselves to the field of mask aligner and put forward many schemes, but none of them were feasible or advanced.

Lin Benjian, then deputy general manager of TSMC R&D, also noticed this problem. He thought, if 157nm is difficult to break through, why not go back to the mature process of 193nm and change the medium between the lens and the silicon wafer from air to water, so as to break through the limit of 157nm and reduce the wavelength to 132nm. This scheme is called "immersion lithography"

Although "immersion lithography technology" was more cash, it was not accepted by the market at that time because the society had invested a lot of money in research. Once it is abandoned, it is equivalent to all previous investments in Shui Piao. Therefore, even if Lin Benjian exported his technology from Amway, no company was willing to buy it until he met ASML.

After Lin Benjian joined ASML, he quickly overcame a series of difficult problems in immersion lithography technology and reached cooperation with Inter Milan and TSMC. Later, ASML also cooperated with TSMC, and both sides successfully developed the world's first submerged mask aligner. This technology Bisogni's dry lithography technology is more advanced and the cost is lower, so it quickly seized the market belonging to Sony.

By 2009, ASML has occupied 70% of the market share, and Sony has changed from the number one for many years to the number two.

3. American assists Although ASML won the competition with Sony for the time being, Sony tried its best to catch up. But the exclusion of the United States directly extinguished all Sony's illusions.

Intel and the U.S. Department of Energy jointly initiated the establishment of the EUV LLC organization, which brought together the top research resources and chip giants in the United States, including Lawrence Livermore Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory, and invested 225 million U.S. dollars with Motorola (then), AMD and other enterprises to gather hundreds of top scientists for one thing: Is extreme ultraviolet lithography feasible?

But such an important organization excluded Sony because of the intervention of the US government.

At this time, Sony can only complete all the research and technology by itself, while ASML has gathered the world's top wisdom and enjoyed the achievements in the semiconductor field all over the world.

Later, in 20 13, ASML acquired mask aligner giant SVGL and American excimer laser source enterprise Cymer respectively, which opened up the production industry chain of extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. Then, ASML produced an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine with 5nm manufacturing process, which completely established its leading position.

The above is the development experience of ASML Company. It can be said that ASML's success is the result of his painstaking efforts, but it is also the crystallization of the whole world and the efforts of the best scientists in the world. It just broke through the restrictions of mask aligner step by step and realized ASML's contempt for hegemony.

Therefore, we often say, China is so big and powerful, why can't even make a mask aligner? We should think about whether the talents of a nation in China can match the wisdom of the whole world. Even so, our scientists and entrepreneurs are still doing it, which is a helpless move and the only way for our great country to rise.