ASML

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multinational corporation photolithography equipment manufacturer public company semiconductor equipment manufacturer

ASML is a Dutch multinational company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced photolithography equipment used in semiconductor chip production.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
ASML canonical	8
ASML Holding N.V.	5
ASML Holding N.V. ordinary shares	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3384230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASML
Context triple: [ASML, tickerSymbol, ASML]

A. Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
B. TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
C. Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
D. GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a major multinational semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for a wide range of global technology companies.
E. Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASML
Target entity description: ASML is a Dutch multinational company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced photolithography equipment used in semiconductor chip production.

A. Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
B. TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
C. Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
D. GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a major multinational semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for a wide range of global technology companies.
E. Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	multinational corporation ⓘ photolithography equipment manufacturer ⓘ public company ⓘ semiconductor equipment manufacturer ⓘ
acquired	Cymer ⓘ
acquisitionYear	2013 ⓘ
CEO	Christophe Fouquet ⓘ
coreComponentSupplier	ZEISS ⓘ surface form: Carl Zeiss SMT
coreTechnology	EUV light source technology ⓘ optical lithography ⓘ
country	Netherlands ⓘ
foundedBy	Advanced Semiconductor Materials International ⓘ Philips N.V. ⓘ surface form: Philips
hasAbbreviationMeaning	Advanced Semiconductor Materials International ⓘ surface form: Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography
hasEmployeeCount	over 30,000 employees ⓘ
hasSubsidiary	Cymer ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Veldhoven, Netherlands ⓘ
inception	1984 ⓘ
industry	photolithography ⓘ semiconductor equipment ⓘ semiconductor industry ⓘ
ISIN	NL0010273215 ⓘ
keyCustomer	Intel Corporation ⓘ surface form: Intel Samsung ⓘ surface form: Samsung Electronics TSMC ⓘ
languageOfName	Dutch ⓘ
legalForm	naamloze vennootschap ⓘ
listedInIndex	AEX index ⓘ surface form: AEX Index
marketPosition	leading supplier of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry ⓘ
marketShare	dominant share of global EUV lithography market ⓘ
notableProduct	deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems ⓘ EUV lithography ⓘ surface form: extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems
previousCEO	Peter Wennink ⓘ
primaryBusiness	design of photolithography systems for semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ manufacture of photolithography systems for semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ service and maintenance of lithography systems ⓘ
productType	step-and-scan systems ⓘ wafer scanners ⓘ
RAndDFocus	high-NA EUV systems ⓘ next-generation EUV lithography ⓘ productivity improvements in lithography tools ⓘ
servesIndustry	foundry semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ integrated circuit manufacturing ⓘ memory chip manufacturing ⓘ
stockExchange	Euronext ⓘ surface form: Euronext Amsterdam NASDAQ ⓘ
technologyLeadership	EUV lithography ⓘ
tickerSymbol	ASML self-link ⓘ
website	https://www.asml.com ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ASML (nearby Veldhoven, economic cluster) → tickerSymbol → ASML ⓘ

subject surface form: ASML

Eindhoven University of Technology → collaboratesWithIndustry → ASML ⓘ

Lam Research → competesWith → ASML ⓘ

EUV lithography → developedBy → ASML ⓘ

EUV lithography → commercializedBy → ASML ⓘ

Applied Materials → competesWith → ASML ⓘ

Advanced Semiconductor Materials International → successor → ASML ⓘ