ASML's new President and CEO, Eric Meurice, disclosed during fourth quarter financial conference call that its order backlog for pre-production immersion tools, based on the 1400 platform now stood at eight. All eight would be shipped in the 1H05 timeframe. He also noted that by the end of 2005, the company expected to ship between 10 and 12 immersion units. This comes on the back of units already announced and shipped, which is another four.