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Bloomberg Technology interviews Berenberg analyst Shi Qiu following ASML’s Q1 earnings report, digging into what the results mean for the AI chip supply chain. ASML raised its full-year guidance by 4% and beat gross margin expectations, but shares fell — a dynamic Qiu attributes to already-elevated expectations given the stock’s roughly 40% year-to-date run heading into the print.
The most substantive portion covers ASML’s EUV lithography machine capacity plans. The company confirmed it is expanding production to at least 80 machines per year by 2027, up from roughly 60 currently and approximately 40 just a few years ago — a doubling of throughput. Each EUV tool sells for around $230 million, and next-generation High-NA EUV systems (twin-scan XY) are expected to command up to $350 million. Qiu argues that ASML will not become a bottleneck for AI-driven chip demand, as the 80-unit target reflects committed customer agreements rather than a hard capacity ceiling.
On China, Qiu notes that the country’s share of ASML’s business has fallen from roughly 40% two years ago to about 20% today, with remaining demand expected to be flat as Chinese chipmakers pursue domestic alternatives. The segment’s AI bull case now rests almost entirely on non-China AI and memory investment. The video also briefly touches on the speculative TerraFab project, which envisions a one-terawatt compute facility that could make its operator one of ASML’s largest customers.
📺 Source: Bloomberg Technology · Published April 15, 2026
🏷️ Format: News Analysis
