AI Boom Expected to Swell Orders Received by ASML
ASML, the leading equipment supplier of lithography machines needed for the manufacture of semiconductors, is set to record a significant increase in its orders after its second-quarter results are announced. This comes as the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) chips continues to increase. Lithography machines are tools that use lasers to create the circuitry of computer chips. ASML is the only manufacturer of lithography systems using extreme ultraviolet wavelengths to manufacture chips for artificial intelligence and smartphones. Kevin Wang, a Mihuzo analyst, expects that ASML’s new orders will be valued at close to five billion euros ($5.5 billion) in the…