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Re:Apple Mobile Processors Are Now Made in America. By TSMC by HarHarVeryFunny on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @08:05AM (#41578692)
There was recent news of Japan (OIST) developing a new more efficient type of EUV, and also of Canon having a new alternate "nanoimprint" chip manufacturing technology.

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/japanese-scientis...

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/new-stamping-chip...

Re:Apple Mobile Processors Are Now Made in America. By TSMC by KK7NIL on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @11:45AM (#41581272)
Japan has been working on EUV for a long time but is very far from a working machine, despite developing IP. Notice how that article only mentions simulation tests; very very far from getting all the pieces needed for EUV litho.

On the nanoprint technology: as far as I understand it, this will have economic advantages in trailing nodes but is not currently seen as a way to scale past EUV.

Re:Apple Mobile Processors Are Now Made in America. By TSMC by insane_dreamer on Wednesday September 18, 2024 @03:22PM (#41584312)
They're working on it, but for some time now ASML has been the only game in town