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Re:Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make t... by svggrfgovgf on Friday October 13, 2023 @09:29AM (#37870373)
Full title:

Canon, known for its cameras, launches ASML challenge with machine to make the most advanced chips

Re:Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make t... by Goodroo on Friday October 13, 2023 @10:42AM (#37871176)
This will be interesting because the few potential customers like TSMC and Intel are shareholders of ASML and thus their captive market.

Most people don't know that EUV was actually a DARPA funded project to pry away semiconductor leadership from the Japanese

Re:Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make t... by gary_0 on Friday October 13, 2023 @01:33PM (#37873208)
EUV has quite the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ultraviolet_lithograph...

> "Congress denied Japanese companies the necessary permission as they were perceived as strong technical competitors at the time"

Re:Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make t... by tpmx on Friday October 13, 2023 @12:18PM (#37872241)
Odd, the exact same model number (FPA-1200NZ2C) was also launched in 2017:

https://global.canon/en/news/2017/20170720.html

It was then marketed as 10 nm.

Here's today's launch that references that same model number:

https://global.canon/en/news/2023/20231013.html

Re:Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make t... by kridsdale3 on Monday October 16, 2023 @12:20PM (#37902090)
Maybe its the same machine and they just turned the dial from 10 to 5.