{"id":6921,"date":"2026-03-18T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/6921\/"},"modified":"2026-03-18T14:08:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T14:08:07","slug":"belgiums-imec-gets-rare-asml-tool-for-next-gen-chips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/6921\/","title":{"rendered":"Belgium\u2019s imec gets rare ASML tool for next-gen chips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> imec has acquired a $400-million ASML High NA EUV lithography machine, one of fewer than a dozen worldwide, strengthening Europe\u2019s role in next-generation chipmaking. <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"404\" data-end=\"677\">The machine will be the centerpiece of imec\u2019s 2.5-billion-euro NanoIC pilot line funded partly through the EU Chips Act industry partners such as Intel and SK Hynix, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a> reports, citing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"679\" data-end=\"904\">\u201cThis acquisition reinforces <a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/news\/micron-stock-jumps-on-strong-ai-driven-demand\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Europe\u2019s<\/a> position at the heart of the global semiconductor value chain,\u201d said imec CEO Luc Van den hove, highlighting its strategic importance for technological sovereignty.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">News.Az<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"by-user\" href=\"https:\/\/news.az\/journalists\/aysel-mammadzada\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">By Aysel Mammadzada<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"imec has acquired a $400-million ASML High NA EUV lithography machine, one of fewer than a dozen worldwide,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5006,7,783,89,69,5008,5010,5012,5009,5011],"class_list":{"0":"post-6921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-belgium","8":"tag-asml","9":"tag-belgium","10":"tag-chips-act","11":"tag-eu","12":"tag-europe","13":"tag-imec","14":"tag-intel","15":"tag-luc-van","16":"tag-nanoic","17":"tag-sk-hynix"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116250575230661453","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}