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by pbmonster 852 days ago
Also, it's only really a monopoly at the top end, and only right now. It's not like ASML is the only company building litho machines. Canon and Nikon still sell a lot of machines, they just decided not invest to much into competing at the top end over the last 10 years.

This could, theoretically, change at any moment, and Canon is trying something with their new generation of nano-print tech.