From China's strategic alliance with Russia to chip equipment giant ASML's plans to move operations abroad — the Mark Rutte government will have a lot to consider as it makes a decision

The Chinese president also warned his Dutch counterpart against restricting chip ties with Beijing, amid increasing pressure from the United States

Washington is also pushing the Netherlands to stop ASML from maintaining and servicing equipment it sold to China before the Dutch chip export curbs came into effect

Local governments in Shanghai and Anhui will fund a variety of semiconductor-related projects this year — ranging from the development of DRAM chips to building facilities for chipmaking and its tools

ASML tools are used to make advanced semiconductors that can go into "high-value weapons systems and weapons of mass destruction,” a top Dutch official said

The largest supplier of equipment to computer chip makers said new competitors with 'substantial financial resources' and 'the ambition of self-sufficiency' were a business risk

The 5nm tech will be used to produce chips for Huawei's new smartphones, and, if successful, could also be used for its AI chips

The machines are aimed at disrupting the most expensive step in the chipmaking process, by “stamping” chip designs on to silicon wafers instead of etching them using ultraviolet light

"We are deeply concerned by the direct involvement of the United States in interferring with the export of lithography machines by Dutch companies to China," a commerce ministry spokesperson said

ASML detailed the chip technology theft, which happened in 2022, in part of its annual report in February this year

The chief of one of the world’s biggest chip equipment-makers, ASML, said isolating China completely will ‘force’ the country to ramp up innovation

The company said it will continue to ship the products in its NXT:2000i and more advanced DUV models, which fell under the restrictions that started on Friday