The company posted orders well above analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter as chip makers scrambled to get their hands on machinery to produce increasingly sophisticated semiconductors.

Computer chip equipment maker ASML's CEO on Wednesday made the case that the advent of efficient AI models such as one China's DeepSeek has launched is a net positive for chip markets. Christophe Fouquet said that perceptions of AI spending are skewed by the massive investments being made by "hyperscalers" - companies such as Google,

Netherlands-based ASML lost its title as Europe’s most valuable tech company on Monday when it was caught up in a stock market panic over DeepSeek that also wiped hundreds of billions of dollars from the value of Nvidia,