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by DoctorOetker 184 days ago
it might contain accelerometers, which burn away cryptographic fuses ( setting them all '1' or all '0' so to speak)?
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Considering that these tools are installed in seismically active areas [0], the last thing a customer would want is for the tool to zeroise itself because of an earthquake.

[0] https://www.reuters.com/technology/tsmc-says-all-its-sites-o...

earthquakes tend to be predicted a few minutes beforehand, so plenty of time for ASML to sign a temporary exception order for their machines.