ASML’s new machines are too expensive: TSMCBloombergASML Holding NV’s new advanced chip machines have a daunting price tag, said Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), one of the Dutch company’s biggest clients. “The cost is very high,” TSMC senior vice president Kevin Zhang (張曉強) said at a technology symposium in Amsterdam on Tuesday, referring to ASML’s latest system known as high-NA extreme ultraviolet (EUV). Zhang said TSMC’s so-called A16 node technology, which is due in late 2026, would not need to use ASML’s high-NA EUV machines and can continue to rely on TSMC’s older EUV equipment. He declined to comment on when the firm would start ordering high-NA EUV machines from ASML. It is also pushing into the foundry market — selling outsourced chip manufacturing — an area where TSMC dominates.

Source: Taipei Times May 15, 2024 18:39 UTC