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CTOnews.com June 23, according to Bloomberg, the Dutch government plans to issue new export controls as soon as next week, which will restrict the export of ASML semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

▲ source: ASML reported that deep ultraviolet (DUV) immersion lithography equipment such as TWINSCAN NXT:2000i, NXT:2050i and NXT:2100i have been added to the export control list. CTOnews.com noted that this series of devices can support up to 5 nm processes, such as TSMC's mass production of 7 nm using SAQP and argon fluorine immersion (ArFi) lithography. Previously, ASML's state-of-the-art EUV lithography machine was already on the export control list.

A Dutch government spokesman declined to comment on the new export controls, which could be emulated by other EU member states, as early as June 30 or the first week of July, Bloomberg said, citing people familiar with the matter.

Reported that this is the Netherlands and Japan agreed in principle in January this year to join the United States to restrict the export of advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment, Dutch Trade Minister Schreinemacher said that the Netherlands for national and international security considerations, it is necessary to restrict the export of advanced semiconductor technology as soon as possible.

Christophe Fouquet, executive vice president and commercial director of ASML, claimed that it was almost impossible to build a fully autonomous chip industry chain, which was extremely expensive and difficult, as Japanese lithography machine makers Canon and Nikon learned from yesterday, CTOnews.com reported yesterday.

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