Semiconductor supplier ASML suffers a factory fire in Berlin

The global chip crunch is basically its own meme at this point. It seems like the hits come one after the other, whether it’s limited capacity, furloughed workforces, logistics issues or even GPU theft, it seems like we have some way to go before we can walk into a main street store and buy a console or a GPU at RRP.

But, chip supply isn’t just a matter of wafer capacity. A semiconductor manufacturing facility requires countless numbers of components, tools and machinery that make up a very complex supply chain. Dutch photolithography specialists ASML (Advanced Semiconductor Material Lithography) is a key part of that chain, and word comes via ZDnet that ASML suffered a fire at one of its plants in Berlin.