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TIL - ASML holds a monopoly over the extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) machines used for the most advanced computer chips. Their best selling product is the Twinscan NXE:3600D costing $150 million. Shipping the machine requires 40 shipping containers, 20 trucks and three Boeing 747s.

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