# ASML CEO: Being a bottleneck "is something we will avoid by all possible means" Comments came after ASML's first-quarter results last week showed the company is continuing to benefit from surging demand for AI chips and related memory chip shortages.

*business · news · 2026-04-22 · The Economic Times*

## Key points

- ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet asserted the company will not be an industry bottleneck due to new capacity investments.
- Fouquet clarified that emerging startups like Substrate, xLight, and Lace are not current competition for ASML.
- ASML CFO Roger Dassen noted it's too early to predict the impact of potential U.S. export restrictions to China.
- Dassen explained that if ASML's sales to China are restricted, global chipmakers elsewhere will need to boost capacity.

**Companies:** ASML, TSMC, Nvidia
**Countries:** Netherlands, United States, China

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