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How ASML Built a Moat on Lithography Monopoly
In this episode, Lucas and Luna drill into the narrowest, most impenetrable moat in industrial technology: ASML's monopoly on extreme ultraviolet lithography machines. They trace how a small Dutch company turned a 25-year R&D bet into sole supplier of the $350 million machines required to make every advanced microchip. You'll learn why ASML's key advantage isn't just physics but a co-investment model that locked in Intel, Samsung, and TSMC as both customers and funders. The hosts discuss the switching costs of fab construction, the regulatory risks of a single point of…
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