Global chip shortage

Employees are seen working on the final assembly of ASML's TWINSCAN NXE:3400B semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, in this picture taken April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Handout via REUTERS
Global Economy

Europe’s chip champion can weather tech cold war

From its base outside Eindhoven, the birthplace of the Philips electronics empire, ASML has become a vital cog in the global chip supply chain

A view of the NXP booth is shown during the 2019 CES in Las Vegas, Nevada, US January 8, 2019. Photo: REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo
Analysis

Global chip shortage threatens production of laptops, smartphones and more