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This is repeated again and again.

There is no relation to DARPA at all.

ASML licensed from the DOE, and this license is from 1997, almost 30 years ago. Then, in 2001, ASML bought a US silicon company that had the EUV patents. That was 25 years ago. Those patents expired already.


Yes but the license from the DOE has terms on it around export controls right? And it doesn’t expire. Unlike patents. If not, why would the Dutch government have agreed to US demands these last ten years?


Because most European countries, at least until relatively recently, were ready to kowtow to the US whenever it demanded something. If, for example, the US tells Nammo that it can't sell certain products to X, then it doesn't sell those products to X. The leverage used to be a combination of "we're bigger than you" and "you're using some of our weapons tech, be a shame if it went away", both of which have now degraded significantly and at an accelerating pace.

In the case of ASML the US still has leverage over the Dutch government to apply to ASML, but ASML also have a lot of leverage because it's not like the the US can go to alternative vendors. "We're going to sell to China and if you don't play nice we won't sell to you any more" is, well, pretty unlikely but certainly feasible.


I'm a bit surprised the article makes no mention of China's new memory companies.

[0] https://techwireasia.com/2026/04/chinese-memory-chips-ymtc-c...


As the article states:

>CXMT still trails Samsung, SK Hynix, and Micron by approximately three years in advanced DRAM node development, and yield rates on new production lines remain the variable that determines whether capacity targets translate into reliable supply. Liu notes that lines launched in the second half of 2026 are unlikely to change the global supply-demand balance until 2027.

The Verge article talks about demand exceeding supply in 2028. Your article suggests it'll take until 2029 before Chinese production catches up to current technology.

It'll help drive prices down in five yearss, but the Chinese memory production won't be ready and efficient enough to prevent the shortages from continuing to grow.


Most people don't need current tech. Ddr4 is good enough


You could buy CXMT DDR5 modules like, right now.


Is a good sign for eventual domination in the field.


Is an AI monopoly good for consumers? I don't think so.


These are the Beelink boxes.

They got very popular when they released a video of the manufacturing process. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ohwI3V207Ts


Wow these are so much more well made than I thought.


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