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Leading edge EUV tech roundup

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A lot has been happening around the extreme UV (EUV) lithography needed for the next generation of high performance chips, from a new billion dollar centre in the US to cash for Corning to develop new glass for the machines.

US funds $1bn centre with ASML for EUV lithography. ...

The EUV Accelerator will focus on developing state of the art high numerical aperture EUV technology and the R&D that relies on it. The US says ...

Power is next challenge for EUV lithography .. ...

The rollout of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography could be hit by the increasing power requirements of the technology.

£32m for new EUV glass in the US .. ...

Corning in the US is to receive a grant of $32m to boost production of specialist glass for EUV lithography equipment.

Imec, ASML show logic and DRAM built with High NA EUV ...

Belgian research lab imec has shown patterned structures obtained after exposure with a 0.55NA high numerical aperture EUV scanner.

ASML has started shipping second high-NA EUV litho system ...

The price of the high-NA EUV exposure machine is said to be about US$380 million or more than twice the approximately US$180 million of the ...

Intel video shows high-NA EUV lithography machine ...

Intel has released a video showing a Twinscan EXE:5200 high numerial aperture extreme ultraviolet lithography tool arriving at its fab in Hillsboro, Oregon.

ASML, imec open joint high NA EUV lithography lab .. ...

ASML and imec have opened a European joint lab for High NA EUV lithography to offer an early development platform to the leading-edge semiconductor companies.

EUV lithography power, wafer thickness halved, and solid state boost

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Germany launches €12m chip skills academy Business news | November 1, 2024 The German government has today launched an educational initiative with a €12m skills academy for the semiconductor industry. The scheme,…

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Top electronics news in October 2024

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The top articles on eeNews Europe in October mostly covered AI and the latest 2nm process technology, with a sprinkling of market data from the US and India.

• Vertical power management for AI chips that will be shown at electronica later this month 
• TI converts Japanese 200mm fab to gallium nitride and quadruples capacity
• The world’s first 4K colour laser control for smart glasses
• ASIC designer AIchip in Taiwan tapes out on 2nm process
• America drives chip growth at 20%
• Canon delivers a nano-imprint lithography machine that operate down to 5nm
• AI not a bubble says TSMC boss
• Sk Hynix profits soar on the back of HBM memory for AI
• India’s chip market is set to be larger than Europe or Japan
• Intel and TSMC show details of 2nm process technology at IEDM conference in December

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EIC startup boost, Infineon's Deepcraft AI, and Waymo's $5.6bn for driverless cars

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