Disclaimer: because my university is nearby ASML, I get bombarded by their information... also I'm not an EE student The actual progress of technology is in li

Disclaimer: because my university is nearby ASML, I get bombarded by their information... also I'm not an EE student The actual progress of technology is in lithography. The lithography machines are produced by ASML and used by almost all major chip producers[1]. Currently ASML is building their new line of machines, namely with extreme ultraviolet lithography instead of what the line of current machines use. What I do not know, if the machines are currently used for Intels 14nm or that the old machines are still used (or maybe both). What I do know, is that ASML and Intel are having problems with getting to 10nm. That is because they have to improve the current machines, you observe this from the delay in the Tick-Tock from Intel. Which brings us to the Tick-Tock of Intel, this is the improvement of the chip structure itself. They do this because they have to wait for the smaller transistors. At last, what I heard is that the ASML machine is getting more and more complicated. Especially because they are having troubles with the laws of nature. [1] http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323809304578428850807241388 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB100014241278873238093045784288...