Investopedia: Is Moore's Law Fueling Intel's Investment in ASML?

Maybe the corporate world's never-ending capacity to surprise is what has kept me so interested in the equity markets for over 20 years. In the latest example, Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), a company famous for playing suppliers off each other and encouraging/supporting small up-and-comers, is taking a significant stake in lithography equipment maker ASML (Nasdaq:ASML) and agreeing to help fund the company's R&D efforts. While this is an unusual deal in many respects, it seems to acknowledge (if not cement) ASML's market leadership, as well as the challenges of continuing to push the leading edge of chip development.

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