NextBigFuture

Startup Substrate Could Enable the Age of XRay Lithography for sub-Nanometer Chips

Startup Substrate is building next-generation semiconductor fabs using advanced X-ray lithography. This goes beyond extreme ...
NBC New York

ASML Is the Only Company Making the $200 Million Machines Needed to Print Every Advanced Microchip. Here's an Inside Look

In the southern Dutch town of Veldhoven, near the border with Belgium, sits the only factory capable of assembling a revolutionary machine that's relied upon by the world's biggest chipmakers. EUV ...
TweakTown

TSMC expecting its first state-of-the-art High-NA EUV lithography machine from ASML this month

TSMC will get its very first High-NA EUV lithography machine from ASML later this month, after saying it didn't want or need ASML machines to make future chips, the Taiwan semiconductor giant will now ...
NextBigFuture

China Will Close the Semiconductor Gap After EUV Lithography Breakthrough

China has built a prototype EUV (extreme ultraviolent) lithography machine in a high-security laboratory in Shenzhen. They had a semiconductor Manhattan Project”. The prototype was completed in early ...
TweakTown

Samsung to use more ASML High-NA EUV lithography tools to speed up 2nm GAA wafer production

TL;DR: Samsung plans to expand the use of ASML's High-NA EUV lithography machines in its South Korean labs to accelerate 2nm GAA semiconductor process development. This strategic move aims to enhance ...
The Economist

The race is on to build the world’s most complex machine

Few would expect the future of artificial intelligence (AI) to depend on Eindhoven, a quiet Dutch town. Yet just beyond its borders sits the headquarters of ASML, the only company that makes the ...