The entry of the Netherlands, as the host country of top computer chip equipment maker ASML, is an important win for the initiative, one of the pillars of US tech diplomacy.

The entry of the Netherlands, as the host country of top computer chip equipment maker ASML, is an important win for the initiative, one of the pillars of US tech diplomacy.

Chiptechnologie: De VS sluiten een ‘Pax Silica’-pact met landen die kritieke bouwstenen leveren voor AI-chips. Nederland doet daaraan mee, maar verzet zich tegen de toenemende…

With Dutch firm ASML one of the key bottlenecks in chip fabrication, this was an important addition.

Brussels is joining the US-led Pax Silica initiative on AI chip supply chains, over French objections that it cedes Europe’s tech sovereignty.

BRUSSELS, June 25 : The European Commission has joined the U.S. initiative "Pax Silica", a group of U.S.-allied countries cooperating to secure supply chains needed for artificial…