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France: Thomson/Thales ($18B including software dev), STMicroelectronics ($9B). Germany: Infineon ($8B), Qimonda ($1B), XFab ($0.5B), Carl Zeiss ($1.2B). From Wikipedia. ASML ($10B), NXP ($10B), ASM ($1B).

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Measuring sales isn't how you do that usually, market cap is the way to go (and then ASML dwarfs the rest). But even by sales seems like NL is leading.

Market cap is a metric that can be influenced by teenagers on reddit. A meme department can be more effective investment than engineering.

> Why isn't Netherlands mentioned btw? What semiconductors companies did Germany , France and Spain built so far?

If market cap was relevant you'd be, in a parallel conversation, be able to say:

> Why isn't Telsa mentioned btw ? What cars have Ford, Toyota and Mercedes built so far ?

Well yes Tesla is currently stronger than Ford and Toyota, that's what the market decided. Is the market wrong? We'll see.

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