ASML made a $230 Lego kit version of its $380 million semiconductor tool — world's first High-NA EUV machine immortalized in small form for your mantle

ASML lego gifts
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One of the world's leading chip-making equipment manufacturers has released a new Lego set. Veldhoven, Netherlands-based ASML has added the TWINSCAN EXE:5000 Lego set to its growing portfolio of gifts. At $227.95 this "masterpiece in technology" might sound rather expensive, but please remember that real ASML lithography systems cost sums approaching $400 million. Also, even if you are drooling over this gift, you would probably admit it is a niche item.

Regular readers of Tom's Hardware will be well aware of ASML's pivotal position in the world of semiconductor manufacturing. The company supplies chipmaking icons like Intel, TSMC, and Samsung, and its tools are essential for the most advanced lithography.

ASML lego gifts

(Image credit: ASML)

The worlds of PC tech and Lego often intermingle. Looking back through the Tom's Hardware archive we see we reported on an RTX 4080 Super-powered Lego Fortnite PC back in August, and last year a life-size Lego Intel Arc graphics card project caught our eye.

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  • Steve Nord_
    Elves in Fab Bunny outfits lit for my yard please!
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  • mangaba
    I heard that China are looking to buy 10 thousand units, to see if they can build a working one and make up to date chips
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  • JS1024
    I tried ordering, and the website only sells merchandise to ASML employees. Order got rejected with an explanation email, and went back and saw it on the front page of the website
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