Marc Hijink, a technology reporter at Dutch daily NRC, has released “The ASML Way”, a book that explores how the Dutch lithography champion rose to dominate semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

Taiwan is drafting new measures to curb China’s rising dominance in mature-node chip production, with the Legislative Yuan scheduled to review the plan when its new session opens on September 19, 2025. Economic Affairs Minister Kung Ming-hsin, National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) Chair Wu Cheng-wen, and Digital Affairs Minister Lin Yi-jing will present policy outlines, including a potential semiconductor program aimed at providing “China-alternative” chips by 2026.

Following TSMC’s confirmation in February 2025 that it will include 310×310 mm panels in its chip-on-panel-on-substrate (CoPoS) mass production, supply chain players—including outsourced semiconductor assembly and test (OSAT) providers and equipment manufacturers—have been abandoning previous specifications to align with TSMC’s technology roadmap.