I laugh when people claim chips are desoldered by anyone at all, even Russia.
Anyone with a minimal amount of knowledge knows that it would cost tons of time and money (and be impossible for anyone not well educated/experienced in the craft) to:
1) design a new circuit board around the chip
2) print said circuit board in sufficient quantities
3) Write software (from scratch) for the chip
I personally know people in low volume industries where they have pulled parts from prototypes, rejects and devkits to keep production moving.
It absolutely gets done when it makes sense.
For example with FPGA's.
You desolder to avoid 1, 2, and 3. That's why it makes sense. Washing machine has the stupid microcontroller you need and costs half of scalper prices? Washing machine it is.
Obviously the economics only work in low volume / high NRE sectors -- like semiconductor tooling.
steps 4+) get new electronics through FCC, UL, CE, etc. certification, which is slow and expensive, strongly motivating keeping the components the same
I laugh when people claim chips are desoldered by anyone at all, even Russia.
Anyone with a minimal amount of knowledge knows that it would cost tons of time and money (and be impossible for anyone not well educated/experienced in the craft) to:
1) design a new circuit board around the chip 2) print said circuit board in sufficient quantities 3) Write software (from scratch) for the chip
ASML is most certainly not involved, regardless.