I'm going to build my very own multi-billion dollar chip fab at home with this awesome Lego kit

(Image credit: ASML lego)

What does every good little girl or boy want for Christmas? That's right, their very own multi-billion dollar chip fab. Well, that's what I want for Christmas, so get a load of this awesome lego kit.

What you're looking at is a Lego model of an ASML Twinscan EXE:5000. In other words, roughly $400 million worth of advanced EUV lithography-based chip production machinery.

That means it'll probably be Intel and perhaps AMD CPUs fabbed from around 2027 and Nvidia and AMD GPUs a year or two latter that will be produced on this epic machine.

Anyway, this kit looks like a lot of fun and is available from the official ASML store, something we weren't previously aware even existed. It's yours for just under $230, which is steep for an impulse toy purchase, but a infinitesimal bagatelle for the world's most advanced lithography kit.

There is, however, a catch. The fine print at the bottom of the ASML Store website is a bit of a bummer. "This site is intended for ASML employees and requires a valid ASML email address for purchasing," it reads. Drat! I don't suppose anyone happens to work at ASML...?

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Jeremy has been writing about technology and PCs since the 90nm Netburst era (Google it!) and enjoys nothing more than a serious dissertation on the finer points of monitor input lag and overshoot followed by a forensic examination of advanced lithography. Or maybe he just likes machines that go “ping!” He also has a thing for tennis and cars.