A major global chipmaking supplier claims an employee stole manufacturing secrets

Tensions are already high in the global semiconductor market following restrictions imposed by the US, Japan, and the Netherlands to curb exports to China. | Illustration: Beatrice Sala

ASML, one of the largest suppliers to the global semiconductor industry and the only supplier of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography photolithography machines, has revealed that a former employee in China stole information pertaining to its proprietary technology in a data breach. Within its recently published 2022 annual report, the Du...