ASML
E352781
multinational corporation
photolithography equipment manufacturer
public company
semiconductor equipment manufacturer
ASML is a Dutch multinational company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced photolithography equipment used in semiconductor chip production.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| ASML canonical | 8 |
| ASML Holding N.V. | 5 |
| ASML Holding N.V. ordinary shares | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3384230 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ASML Context triple: [ASML, tickerSymbol, ASML]
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A.
Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
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B.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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C.
Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
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D.
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a major multinational semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for a wide range of global technology companies.
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E.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: ASML Target entity description: ASML is a Dutch multinational company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced photolithography equipment used in semiconductor chip production.
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A.
Lam Research
Lam Research is a leading American semiconductor equipment company that supplies wafer fabrication tools and services to chip manufacturers worldwide.
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B.
TSMC
TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the world’s largest dedicated semiconductor foundry, renowned for producing cutting-edge chips for major technology companies.
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C.
Applied Materials
Applied Materials is a leading American corporation that supplies equipment, services, and software for the manufacture of semiconductors and other advanced electronic components.
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D.
GlobalFoundries
GlobalFoundries is a major multinational semiconductor foundry that manufactures integrated circuits for a wide range of global technology companies.
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E.
Infineon Technologies
Infineon Technologies is a leading German semiconductor manufacturer known for its automotive, power, and security electronics solutions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
multinational corporation
ⓘ
photolithography equipment manufacturer ⓘ public company ⓘ semiconductor equipment manufacturer ⓘ |
| acquired | Cymer ⓘ |
| acquisitionYear | 2013 ⓘ |
| CEO | Christophe Fouquet ⓘ |
| coreComponentSupplier |
Carl Zeiss SMT
ⓘ
linked to:
ZEISS
|
| coreTechnology |
EUV light source technology
ⓘ
optical lithography ⓘ |
| country | Netherlands ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Advanced Semiconductor Materials International
ⓘ
Philips ⓘ
linked to:
Philips N.V.
|
| hasAbbreviationMeaning | Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography ⓘ |
| hasEmployeeCount | over 30,000 employees ⓘ |
| hasSubsidiary | Cymer ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Veldhoven, Netherlands ⓘ |
| inception | 1984 ⓘ |
| industry |
photolithography
ⓘ
semiconductor equipment ⓘ semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| ISIN | NL0010273215 ⓘ |
| keyCustomer |
Intel
ⓘ
linked to:
Intel Corporation
Samsung Electronics ⓘ
linked to:
Samsung
TSMC ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Dutch ⓘ |
| legalForm | naamloze vennootschap ⓘ |
| listedInIndex |
AEX Index
ⓘ
linked to:
AEX index
|
| marketPosition | leading supplier of photolithography systems for the semiconductor industry ⓘ |
| marketShare | dominant share of global EUV lithography market ⓘ |
| notableProduct |
deep ultraviolet (DUV) lithography systems
ⓘ
extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems ⓘ
linked to:
EUV lithography
|
| previousCEO | Peter Wennink ⓘ |
| primaryBusiness |
design of photolithography systems for semiconductor manufacturing
ⓘ
manufacture of photolithography systems for semiconductor manufacturing ⓘ service and maintenance of lithography systems ⓘ |
| productType |
step-and-scan systems
ⓘ
wafer scanners ⓘ |
| RAndDFocus |
high-NA EUV systems
ⓘ
next-generation EUV lithography ⓘ productivity improvements in lithography tools ⓘ |
| servesIndustry |
foundry semiconductor manufacturing
ⓘ
integrated circuit manufacturing ⓘ memory chip manufacturing ⓘ |
| stockExchange |
Euronext Amsterdam
ⓘ
linked to:
Euronext
NASDAQ ⓘ |
| technologyLeadership | EUV lithography ⓘ |
| tickerSymbol | ASML ⓘ |
| website | https://www.asml.com ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: ASML Description of subject: ASML is a Dutch multinational company that is the world’s leading manufacturer of advanced photolithography equipment used in semiconductor chip production.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
ASML (nearby Veldhoven, economic cluster)
linked to: ASML
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linked to: ASML