Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B

Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by agumonkey on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:28AM (#24836139)

I thought asml was manufacturers of EUV machines..

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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by the-dude on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:44AM (#24836228)

They are called wafer-steppers and they transfer the design onto the wafer.

Actually making the wafer into proper chips is multi-multi-step proces ( like 50 - 100 steps ).

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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by baybal2 on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:51AM (#24836275)

Stepper are not used on high end nodes for more than a decade. I believe anything 130nm, and lower uses a scanner.

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Re:Intel exits memory business, sale to Hynix for $9B by the-dude on Tuesday October 20, 2020 @07:53AM (#24836290)

I stand corrected, though I believe the term persists.

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