ASML, Samsung ink 700mn chip plant deal as S.Korea president visits

Veldhoven, Netherlands (AFP) Dec 12, 2023

Dutch tech giant ASML and Samsung Tuesday signed a deal worth around 700 million euros to build a semiconductor research plant in South Korea, as President Yoon Suk Yeol wrapped up day one of a technology-focused visit. Yoon was the first foreign leader to visit ASML's highly secure "cleanroom", on a trip to the Netherlands aimed at forging a "chip alliance" between the two global semiconduc