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ASML and imec sign five year chip research and sustainability partnership

ASML and imec signed a five year partnership giving imec's Leuven pilot line access to ASML's full lithography and metrology portfolio for chip and AI hardware research. Funding includes ASML, the Chips Joint Undertaking, Flanders and the Netherlands.

Reported AI-drafted Evertiq, 11 March 2025

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