Hacker News front pageNL TimesSep 23, 20261 min readintro

ASML currently sells no chipmaking machines in Europe, executive says

Summary

ASML says it isn’t selling any lithography machines in Europe because no new fabs are being built, leaving the continent behind as the US, China and India pour money into their own chip industries. The EU’s revised Chips Act has not yet generated sufficient fab construction to create demand for ASML’s equipment.

ASML currently sells no lithography machines to European customers.
European fab investment is low, so there is no demand for ASML equipment.
The US, China and India are actively courting ASML for domestic production.
EU’s revised Chips Act has not yet spurred new fab construction.

European policymakers and chip manufacturers should care because ASML’s sales reflect the continent’s lag in semiconductor investment and its impact on global tech competitiveness.

3/10

semiconductor lithography eu chips act manufacturing

Related reading

ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 tomshardware.com
ASML reported that in 2026 it sold no EUV lithography systems to European chipmakers, dropping its European revenue to near zero. The company is urging EU policy to stimulate demand for domestic chip production.
Hacker News front pagetomshardware.comAnton Shilov10d1 minHN399892
Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash qwen.ai
Alibaba announced the release of Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash, a new model in their Qwen series. The article provided no specific technical details, features, or performance metrics regarding this release.
Hacker News front pageqwen.ai18d1 minreleaseHN341137
Open-weight models take 56% of token volume, Astra doubles Fable 5.1 spend vercel.com
Vercel’s September AI Gateway Production Index shows open‑weight models processing 56% of token volume (up from 7% in Dec 2025) while accounting for only 14% of spend. Token price fell 23.2% month‑over‑month. Anthropic’s Opus 5 captured 22.5% of spend, overtaking Fable 5 which dropped to 4.9%. OpenAI’s new GPT‑6 Astra grabbed ~7.7% of total gateway spend in its first 12 days, more than double Ant…
Vercelvercel.comAmelia Charles18d6 minHN2
Brazil is Taking an Important Step Toward More Open & Competitive Digital Markets mozilla.org
Brazil's Bill 4,675/2025 proposes an ex ante framework to foster competition in digital markets, drawing from EU and UK models. Mozilla supports this legislation, highlighting its potential to ensure fair choice architecture and prevent gatekeeper dominance, citing positive outcomes from similar EU regulations.
Mozilla Automation Teammozilla.orgElise Phillips2mo2 min
SNAP3D: Physically Grounded 3D Parts for Assembly from a Single Image arxiv.org
The paper presents SNAP3D, a physics‑guided pipeline that converts a single image into a set of 3D parts that can be assembled without interpenetration. By using simulation‑driven connector placement and a new physics‑based evaluation, the method yields assemblies that are both geometrically accurate and stable enough for 3D printing.
Hugging Face Daily Papersarxiv.orgYu-Rou Tuan, Hao-Tang Tsui, Nicolas Ugrinovic25d1 minpaper
Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions scmp.com
Alibaba's Damo Academy open-sourced Damo Radar, an AI model that detects nearly 150 abdominal conditions, including cancers, from CT scans. It achieved an average AUC of 0.913 across 146 clinical findings and outperformed most human radiologists in a comparative study.
Hacker News front pagescmp.comAnn Cao17d1 minHN15127

ASML currently sells no chipmaking machines in Europe, executive says

Summary

Related reading

ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026tomshardware.com

Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flashqwen.ai

Open-weight models take 56% of token volume, Astra doubles Fable 5.1 spendvercel.com

Brazil is Taking an Important Step Toward More Open & Competitive Digital Marketsmozilla.org

SNAP3D: Physically Grounded 3D Parts for Assembly from a Single Imagearxiv.org

Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditionsscmp.com

ASML says it sold 'absolutely nothing' in Europe in 2026 tomshardware.com

Alibaba releases Qwen 3.8 Omni Flash qwen.ai

Open-weight models take 56% of token volume, Astra doubles Fable 5.1 spend vercel.com

Brazil is Taking an Important Step Toward More Open & Competitive Digital Markets mozilla.org

SNAP3D: Physically Grounded 3D Parts for Assembly from a Single Image arxiv.org

Alibaba open-sources AI model that can detect cancer and nearly 150 conditions scmp.com