EUV lithography machines made by the Dutch company ASML play a crucial role in the production of advanced chips needed for artificial intelligence (AI). These machines can print circuit patterns as small as possible on silicon wafers, enabling the production of chips with billions of transistors like those used in Nvidia GPUs. ASML dominates the lithography equipment market with a share of about 90%, and is the only manufacturer of EUV machines. The chip manufacturing process involves design by companies such as Nvidia, mass production at factories such as TSMC, and the use of ASML machines to print circuit patterns on silicon wafers. Without ASML's advanced lithography technology, the development of AI as we see it today would not be possible.
