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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by MrBuddyCasino on Sunday January 24, 2021 @08:10PM (#25897932)
Which is why it is so odd that the differences between them are as large as they are. If they all buy the same ingredients, why is TSMC's secret sauce so much better?
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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by tormeh on Sunday January 24, 2021 @08:42PM (#25898104)
I hear ASML works like an extremely high-tech consultancy. The tech developed for contract a is not available for contract b, so you can't just call ASML and ask for the same machine they sold to TSMC. That's what I've heard, anyway.
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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by MrBuddyCasino on Monday January 25, 2021 @04:53AM (#25901390)
Weird, one would think they'd try to productize and scale as much as possible, but if there are just single-digit amount of buyers, maybe not?
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Re:Japanese companies fight for share of EUV chip technology... by nomercy400 on Monday January 25, 2021 @03:57AM (#25901007)
ASML only provides part of the chain to produce a chip, mostly focussed on the lithography step. There are a dozen steps in the production chain around it.
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