Building SOTA semiconductors is more art than science. All the best artists are in Taiwan.

You don't just buy (or copy) and ASML litho and turn it on. Just like you don't buy a horsehair brush and start painting Picassos. It's even more difficult than that because there are something like ~1000 sub processes and each one needs a world renowned artist in that specific art to get it done.

Its the reason why even Samsung can't match TSMC despite having the same tools and capital.

Or intel … but I think Samsung comes considerably closer. I’m not close to it.