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Date Announced: 09 Dec 2010
Stronger-than-expected market pull for lithography systems.
VELDHOVEN, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ASML Holding NV (ASML) sees stronger than expected demand for lithography equipment, coming from most semiconductor market segments; while DRAM lithography demand is weakening less than originally planned, NAND Flash memory investments for the high volume ramp of new technologies and Foundry/Logic commitments for new strategic fab projects are driving brisk lithography demand for 2011.
As a result of this demand, ASML is increasing the expectation for fourth quarter system order intake: we now expect Q4 bookings to be above EUR 2 billion. Our previous forecast, issued at the time of publication of our third quarter earnings on October 13, 2010, was for Q4 bookings to exceed the Q3 level of EUR 1.3 billion worth of systems.
This bookings forecast does not include any orders related to our pioneering work in Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography for which we have a comprehensive technology and business development program. We are in the process of producing six NXE:3100s, our second generation EUV model, while we have also agreed with customers on orders for nine NXE:3300 high volume production systems to be delivered starting 2012.
Source: ASML
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