ASML US, LP is the world's leading supplier of lithography systems for the semiconductor industry. Founded in 1984 in the Netherlands, the company designs and manufactures the machines that enable chipmakers to mass produce patterns on silicon wafers - the fundamental process underlying modern microchip fabrication. These systems combine precision mechanics, advanced optics, and sophisticated software to pattern increasingly smaller features on silicon substrates, enabling the production of faster, more energy-efficient chips. The company now employs over 40,000 people across 60 locations in 16 countries.
ASML's lithography systems represent some of the most complex manufacturing equipment ever built. The company's extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines use light with wavelengths around 13.5 nanometers to pattern features at scales where traditional optical lithography approaches physical limits. These systems are critical infrastructure for leading-edge semiconductor manufacturing - the world's top chip companies rely on ASML machines to produce the processors found in smartphones, medical devices, and computing systems. The technology enables the continued scaling of integrated circuits that powers advances across consumer electronics and industrial applications.
The company's product portfolio spans hardware, software, and services for semiconductor manufacturing. Engineers at ASML work on challenges spanning optical system design, precision motion control, vacuum systems, contamination control, metrology, and the software frameworks that coordinate these subsystems during high-volume manufacturing. The scale and complexity of lithography systems - which must position wafers with sub-nanometer accuracy while maintaining throughput for commercial production - require multidisciplinary engineering across mechanical, electrical, software, and optical domains. ASML operates under the leadership of CEO Christophe Fouquet.