ASML delivered 26 euv machines last year

ASML delivered a total of 26 euv machines to customers in 2019. Of that number, nine machines were of the latest type: NXE:3400C. This version has a specification of 170 wafers per hour with an availability of over ninety percent.

The presentation and explanation of ASML’s financial figures shows that the company achieved a net turnover of 11.8 billion euros in 2019. That is about 900 million euros more than the turnover figure from 2018. The profit amounted to 2.6 billion euros for the whole of 2019, which is equal to the profit figure of the previous year.

In total, ASML delivered 203 new lithography systems last year, which is four fewer than in 2018. In 2020, ASML expects to sell 35 EUV machines, for a total value of 4.5 billion euros, the ED writes. ASML then states that it should be possible to increase the production of the euv machines to 45 or 50 in 2021.

ASML is benefiting from the market for logic chips, which the company says will continue to do well for the time being, partly due to investments in 5G and high-performance compute applications. CEO Peter Wennink says that customers in the memory market are seeing the first signs of recovery, although the latter is not yet reflected in ASML’s figures. The share of ASML sales related to the production of logic chips increased sharply in 2019. Of the turnover of 11.8 billion euros, 6.6 billion was attributable to this sector, compared to 3 in 2018. .7 billion euros. The memory category was even larger in 2018 with a share of 4.5 billion euros of ASML’s total turnover, but that has dropped to 2.4 billion euros in 2019.

The Veldhoven maker of chip machines also had a good fourth quarter, with a turnover of 4 billion euros and a profit of 1.1 billion euros. The company has secured orders for nine euv machines in the previous three months and delivered a total of eight to customers.

When presenting the annual and quarterly figures, Wennink also discussed in veiled terms the issue of whether or not to grant an export license for an EUV machine to China. He states that China can also get the latest generation of chips without euv machines, NOS notes. Wennink says it makes sense for governments to look at any security risks and he understands that there are concerns about military applications, but at the same time emphasizes that chips “in general are very generically applicable”: “They are in washing machines, telephones and cars. , and you can use them for all sorts of other purposes.” He emphasizes that ASML only supplies the machine and that it is up to ASML’s customers to determine what kind of chips are ultimately made.