ASML patents point to a hybrid bonder as chip toolmakers crowd into packaging

DIGITIMESOctober 16, 2026en

As it becomes harder and costlier to shrink transistors, advanced packaging has become the place chip equipment makers look to for their next leg of growth, and ASML appears to be preparing its second move into it. Patent filings analyzed by research firm SemiAnalysis suggest the Dutch lithography leader is building a die-to-wafer (D2W) hybrid bonder, a tool that would pit it against Besi, the current leader, and a growing group of front-end rivals chasing the same market.

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