U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard \u200bLutnick has told ASML that Washington \u200cis concerned \u200bthat one of its top chipmaking machines may have found its way to China in violation of U.S.-led \u200cexport restrictions, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. Lutnick expressed the concerns over ASML\u2019s extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV machines, to senior leaders of the Dutch firm in a series of \u200cmeetings, the report said. “ASML has never shipped an EUV machine to China \u200cnor have we shipped to China any component, module or equipment specially designed to be used in an EUV machine,” the chipmaker told Reuters in an emailed statement. ASML’s most advanced EUV systems are \u2060roughly the \u200bsize of a school \u2060bus and weigh 180 tons.<\/p>\n
The U.S. Commerce Department and the White House were not immediately available \u2060for comment outside business hours when contacted by Reuters. In April, Washington proposed a law requiring \u200bU.S. allies to align with its export controls to curb China\u2019s ability \u2060to make advanced semiconductors, with equipment made by ASML named in the legislation.<\/p>\n
ASML said it has refuted allegations \u2060regarding non-compliance \u200bwith export controls concerning China, adding that it has “consistently adjusted its business to any development in export controls to comply to any new rules.” Reuters reported \u2060in December that Chinese scientists have developed a prototype of an EUV machine that \u2060was built by \u2060a team of former engineers from ASML, an effort described as China’s version of the Manhattan Project.<\/p>\n
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