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ASML expects to lift production capacity for its current-generation low-NA EUV machines by about 30% in 2027, but management is already close to having the orders it needs for that year, The Motley Fool reports. That points to manufacturing capacity, rather than customer appetite, as the nearer-term constraint.

Why it matters

The article also says Intel has begun shipping a high-volume logic product made using ASML’s newer High-NA EUV technology. These are useful signs of advanced chipmaking equipment moving from roadmap towards production, though the report offers no measure of the resulting manufacturing gains. For AI-chip watchers, the practical question is whether ASML can supply enough tools as chipmakers pursue increasingly precise patterns.

Discuss: Is the bigger limit on advanced chip production now equipment supply, or the cost of using it?

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