Dutch lithography giant ASML is dissatisfied with the United States' increasing pressure on China

Peter Wennink, CEO of Dutch chip giant ASML Holding NV, is dissatisfied with the United States' increased pressure on China, saying that the company has "sacrificed enough" for the existing sales ban to China.

In an interview with the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad (NRC) on Tuesday (13th), Vinnik said that advanced extreme ultraviolet lithography equipment (EUV) was banned from being sold to China, and ASML "can only surrender".

Winick said: "What we hear from Chinese customers is that China is adjusting their roadmap to produce more chips using older technologies, and related equipment can still be provided because these chips are also very much needed. If China If you want to have equipment that can produce advanced chips, you must purchase very sophisticated thin film deposition equipment and etching machines, which are mainly from the United States."

The beneficiaries, he said, are U.S. chip equipment makers, who derive more than 25 percent of their revenue from the Chinese market, which currently accounts for only 15 percent of ASML's sales.

Winick pointed out, "The intention of the Americans is to hit China's manufacturing industry, but it also affects one of our important suppliers, because some components are made in China. Ultimately, the parts made in China should be used in chip machines; Now also indirectly affected by these regulations."

An ASML spokesman confirmed Winnick's comments on Wednesday.

The United States is now urging the Netherlands to implement new controls on the export of chip-making equipment to China. The Netherlands and Japan are the world's two largest suppliers of advanced semiconductor equipment, excluding the United States.

Japan and the Netherlands have agreed in principle to join the United States in tightening restrictions on China's exports of advanced chip-making equipment, according to people familiar with the matter.