Here is how Canon (CAJPY) and IBM (IBM) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Here is how Canon (CAJPY) and Applied Materials (AMAT) have performed compared to their sector so far this year.
Japan's Canon said on Tuesday that early interest in its new lithography chipmaking machines is exceeding expectations as it makes a major push to close the gap with Dutch company ASML. ASML has become Europe's most valuable tech company with its extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines, which use beams of light to create circuitry and are employed by TSMC and Intel to create cutting-edge chips. In October, Canon unveiled its new nanoimprint lithography machines, which stamp circuit patterns directly onto wafers.