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What an Export Control Actually Restricts, Mechanically

"Export controls" gets discussed constantly as geopolitics. It is, first and mechanically, a specific list of tools and chips that may not cross a specific border — and the mechanism matters more than the politics for understanding what actually happens next.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 10, 2026 · 4 min read

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AI Hardware & Semiconductors

One Dutch Company Makes the Only Machine That Can Print a Modern Chip

No EUV lithography machine, no leading-edge chip — full stop. Every AI accelerator in this cohort exists because exactly one company in the world can build the tool that makes it possible.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 10, 2026 · 4 min read

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