Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by zogomoox on Tuesday January 04, 2022 @06:14PM
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EUV and higher energy photons are difficult beasts, I would put my money on electrons next, so perhaps the electron microscope companies hold the interesting patents there.
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Re:ASML reports fire at its Berlin factory
by CookiesNCream23 on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @11:43AM
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E beam lithography in credibly difficult. Recommend chapter 13 in "Principles of Lithography" https://spie.org/Publications/Book/2525392?SSO=1.
My opinions is that this whole comment discussion about creating a competitor is in the wrong direction. It is impossible to recreate and outperform what ASML has.
A better focus would be to tackle problems in the <2nm processes. If someone found a method to stop electron tunneling at smaller nodes, this will net much more revenue and create more value for society.