Comment on China Has Reportedly Built Its First EUV Machine Prototype, Marking a Semiconductor Breakthrough the U.S. Has Feared All Along

snoons@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Using shorter and shorter wavelengths of light to etch chips with a higher density of transistors.

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  • NatakuNox@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨minutes⁩ ago

    Less material for greater performance, for those that want more simplicity.

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• ExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I wonder what the next generation will be called…EUV2TM perhaps?

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  • Kirp123@lemmy.world ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I assume they will move from UV to X-rays.

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    • indig0@pawb.social ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      We’re getting close! EUV is currently ~13nm, and soft xrays start at ~10nm (but go all the way down to ~0.01nm for hard xrays.)

      Sadly there a lots of challenges in transitioning to smaller wavelengths. For example, to get the EUV light in the existing process, we’re already resorting to, essentially, exploding tiny droplets of liquid tin using lasers.

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  • acockworkorange@mander.xyz ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    XXXUV

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    • Blum0108@lemmy.world ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Image

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    • MasterBlaster@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      With added sexual excitement to keep things interesting?

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