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Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by astrange on Friday November 28, 2025 @04:38PM (#46082993)
EUV is an American technology which we decided to license to ASML/TSMC instead of Nikon/Canon. They do have their own knowledge but are not irreplaceable.
Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by touwer on Friday November 28, 2025 @05:55PM (#46083539)
Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by quintushoratius on Friday November 28, 2025 @06:27PM (#46083752)
Nope, it's not. From your own link:

> In 1991, scientists at Bell Labs published a paper demonstrating the possibility of using a wavelength of 13.8 nm for the so-called soft X-ray projection lithography.[4]

> To address the challenge of EUV lithography, researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories were funded in the 1990s to perform basic research into the technical obstacles. The results of this successful effort were disseminated via a public/private partnership Cooperative R&D Agreement (CRADA).[3]

Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by yvdriess on Saturday November 29, 2025 @03:55AM (#46086095)
This is a pointless pissing match. It took decades to develop EUV into a high volume tool with R&D effort from different regions that each now contribute to some key part of the tool and supply chain. ASML or Zeiss does not make it a EU technology, the mask and resist does not make it a Japanese technology and Applied Materials does make it a US technology.
Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by walterbell on Monday December 01, 2025 @02:27PM (#46111892)
Which countries have exercised veto power over sale of EUV technology?
Re:Apple and Intel Rumored to Partner on Mac Chips by astrange on Friday November 28, 2025 @10:24PM (#46084953)
If it was Japanese we'd be talking about Canon and Rapidus instead of ASML and TSMC.