Every smartphone in your pocket, every car with advanced electronics, and every server that powers the internet relies on one company’s machines. That company is ASML Holdings (NASDAQ: ASML). Despite playing such a critical role in the semiconductor industry, ASML remains an unfamiliar name to many. These machines, each costing as much as US$378 million, are indispensable.Let’s look at how they function and why a relatively unknown Dutch firm holds such an outsized influence over the future of technology.Th ...