ASML Shows Off $380 Million, 165-Ton Machine Behind AI Shift (1)

ASML Holding NV is showing off its latest chipmaking machine, a €350 million ($380 million) piece of equipment that weighs as much as two Airbus A320s.

Media outlets were given a tour on Friday of the system known as High-NA extreme ultraviolet. Intel Corp. has already placed orders for the machine and got the first one shipped to a factory in Oregon in late December. The company plans to start making chips with it in late 2025.

An ASML High-NA extreme ultraviolet system

Photographer: Michel de Heer/ASML

The machine can print lines on semiconductors 8 nanometers thick, 1.7 times smaller than the previous generation. The thinner the lines, ...