ASML Attempts to Supply Chipmakers With Critical Equipment as Chip Shortage Worsens

Employees are seen working on the final assembly of ASML's TWINSCAN NXE:3400B semiconductor lithography tool with its panels removed, in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on April 4, 2019. Bart van Overbeeke Fotografie/ASML/Handout via Reuters

Major computer chip makers are facing a critical shortage of manufacturing equipment for the second year in a row as they attempt to increase production in the middle of a supply chain crisis.

A global shortage has been causing problems for many chip-reliant industries since the waning of the initial COVID-19 pandemic, with manufacturers struggling to catch up with surging demand.