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...However, the seller added that even 10-year-old second-hand machines, such as lithography equipment used to “print” transistors on logic and memory chips, could be deployed to make advanced chips once they...
...SMIC, Hua Hong, Huawei, Naura and Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc China did not respond to requests for comment....
...First unveiled in mid-October, Canon’s nanoimprint lithography — a technology under development for more than 15 years but which the company says is only now commercially viable — stamps chip designs on...
...The centre is being built at its biggest-ever research and development base, and its mission is to develop lithography machines, critical equipment targeted by US export controls....
...Shares of Naura Technology are up a tenth this year, while peer Advanced Micro-Fabrication Equipment Inc. China is up a third this year....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on June 22. ©2023 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The company intended to purchase equipment from US suppliers AMAT, Lam and KLA, Dutch lithography giant ASML and Tokyo Electron, they say, with a view to starting mass production in the second half of 2022...
...“It will not be easy for us to bring EUV [extreme ultraviolet lithography] equipment into the Wuxi factory,” said Noh....
...In the pre-pandemic days, chipmakers could pick up legacy lithography machines or precision testing equipment in 6 months or less. Now the wait is a bruising year and a half for some equipment....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 27. ©2022 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...The company wants to install extreme ultraviolet lithography, or EUV, chipmaking machines, the next-generation equipment made by Dutch company ASML....
...It is an example of Japan Inc trying to deal with geopolitical risks amid US-China rivalry....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 5 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...SMIC with equipment delay ASML, Europe’s largest manufacturer of specialised chipmaking machines, has fallen prey to Washington’s desire to curb China’s technological ascent by “delaying” shipments of a lithography...
...ASML is the only company in the world that can supply the cutting-edge machine, a so-called extreme ultraviolet lithography chip tool that is needed to produce the latest, high-speed chips....
...The big challenge now is extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography. For the laser companies, it is a change in the order of magnitude....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on October 12. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
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...In a separate development at its annual forum for developers in San Francisco, Intel said it would not use advanced “EUV” lithography to manufacture its next generation of chips with circuits shrunk to 10...
...Longer-term, meanwhile, there was upbeat news on the extreme-ultraviolet (EUV) lithography side....
...As chip sizes continue to shrink, makers are facing a shift from the current generation of technology, which involves etching tiny elements on to chips, to imprinting them with extreme ultraviolet lithography...
...As current technology reaches its limits, foundries could also be delaying further investment in machinery until the next generation of machines, which use extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUL) technology...
...ASML said the merger with US-based Cymer promised to smooth the industry transition to using extreme ultraviolet light (EUV) for the chip lithography process, which will allow the manufacture of thinner...
...ASML produces the lithography machines that are used to make silicon chips, and is seen as a bellwether for the technology sector....
...Cook: Yes we are aware of the 28nm lithography transition issue, but we don’t use 28nm at the moment. 2.36pm iTunes logjam question, on getting better content on the service – CFO says Apple is thrilled...
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