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ASML Beats Q1, Raises 2026 Forecast on AI Memory Boom
ASML posted €8.8B in Q1 sales and lifted its 2026 outlook to €36-40B. Half of new-tool orders went to memory chips, a cycle no one predicted a year ago.
Shaw Beckett·

ASML posted €8.8B in Q1 sales and lifted its 2026 outlook to €36-40B. Half of new-tool orders went to memory chips, a cycle no one predicted a year ago.

A covert six-year program involving former ASML engineers has produced a working prototype. Here's what that means for the global chip war.