ASML under fire for selling DUV equipment to Chinese firm with military ties, says the machines are not subject to export controls — fears grow that ‘old technology’ will bolster Beijing’s quantum effort

Dutch company ASML — famously the sole producer of the latest photolithography machines for fabricating cutting-edge chips — is under fire for selling hardware to a Chinese defense firm with ties to the ruling party.

Although ASML claims that the technology it sold to Chinese chip manufacturers was old and not able to “produce state-of-the-art chips,” as reported by Nos,analysts have still raised concerns over its dealings with a firm developing quantum technologies, which could have implications…