ASML Holding
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| Type | Public (Euronext: ASML, NASDAQ: ASML |
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| Founded | 1984 |
| Headquarters | Veldhoven, the Netherlands |
| Key people | Eric Meurice (CEO), Peter Wennink (CFO), Arthur van der Poel (Chairman of the supervisory board) |
| Industry | Semiconductor industry |
| Products | Photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry |
| Revenue | €2.954 billion (2008)[1] |
| Operating income | €287 million (2008)[1] |
| Profit | €322 million (2008)[1] |
| Employees | 6,930 plus 1,329 temporary staff (2008)[1] |
| Website | www.asml.com |
ASML is a Dutch company and the largest supplier in the world of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry. The company manufactures machines for the production of integrated circuits (ICs), such as RAM and flash memory chips and CPUs.
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[edit] Products
The photolithography machines manufactured by ASML are used in the production of computer chips. In these machines, patterns are optically imaged onto a silicon wafer (electronics) that is covered with a film of light-sensitive material (photoresist). This procedure is repeated over 100 times on a single wafer. The photoresist is then further processed to create the actual electronic circuits on the silicon. The optical imaging, that ASML's machines deal with, is used in the fabrication of nearly all integrated circuits, and as of 2007, ASML has 65 percent of the worldwide sales of lithography machines,[2] with the competition consisting of Canon and Nikon. As of 2008, their high-end Twinscan XT:1950 system is specified to produce features of 38 nanometers[3] at up to 131 wafers per hour, using a water immersion lens and an argon fluoride laser that produces light at a wavelength of 192 nm. April 22, 2009 IMEC presented the world’s first functional 22nm CMOS SRAM cells made using EUV lithography. The 0.099µm² SRAM cells are made with FinFETs and have both the contact and metal1 layer printed using ASML’s full field extreme ultraviolet (EUV) Alpha Demo Tool (ADT).As of 2008, an average lithography machine costs 22 million euros.[3]
[edit] Company
ASML’s corporate headquarters is in Veldhoven, the Netherlands. It is also the location for research, development, manufacturing and assembly. ASML has a worldwide customer base and over sixty service points in sixteen countries. The company is listed on both the AEX and NASDAQ Stock Exchanges, as ASML.
ASML was founded in 1984 as a joint venture between the Dutch companies Advanced Semiconductor Materials International (ASMI) and Philips. Nowadays it is a public company with only a minority of the shares owned by Philips.[4]
At the end of 2008, ASML experienced a large drop in sales, which led the management to lay off 1000 employees worldwide[5] and apply for support from the Dutch national unemployment fund to prevent even larger lay-offs.[6]
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d "Annual Report 2008". ASML. http://www.asml.com/doclib/investor/annual_reports/2008/asml_20090211_AnnualReport08_Form-20F.pdf. Retrieved on 2009-05-29.
- ^ ASML Press release 2007 quarter 4
- ^ a b Press release 2008 quarter 3
- ^ ASML corporate history
- ^ Chip makers' supplier ASML cuts 1,000 staff. Reuters, 18 September 2008.
- ^ ASML Cutting Workforce 10%; Goldman Upgrades To Buy. Barron's Blogs
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