High NA EUV lithography animation still showing a silicon wafer being patterned. The Dutch semiconductor equipment company, one of Europe's most valuable, makes lithography machines needed to print extremely fine patterns on silicon wafers. It's the only company in the world that makes extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines used to produce the most advanced semiconductors. Bank of America analyst Didier Scemama predicted it would soon have a monopoly in next-generation EUV lithography. Correonero said companies like Japan's Nikon and Canon, which ship some lithography machines for non-advanced process nodes, were "far-away competitors."