ASML and TSMC chip manufacturing

작성: Katrina Karan: ASML Holding

So there are two companies the entire tech world runs on and most people have never even heard their names. ASML is the only maker of EUV machines on the planet, printing microscopic chips with light, and each unit costs hundreds of millions while depending on thousands of global suppliers. TSMC is the biggest chip foundry in the world, taking those ASML machines and actually fabricating the chips for Apple, NVIDIA, AMD, and letting the giants skip building their own fabs. Together they produce the advanced silicon that powers AI, smartphones, data centers, gaming, cars, and military systems. Without ASML and TSMC, a huge chunk of the modern digital economy and cutting-edge tech simply could not exist