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> As shrinking becomes more complex, requiring more capital, expertise, and resources, the number of companies capable of providing leading edge fabrication has
by taspeotis 8y ago
> As shrinking becomes more complex, requiring more capital, expertise, and resources, the number of companies capable of providing leading edge fabrication has been steadily dropping. As of 2018, only three companies are now capable of fabricating integrated circuits on the most cutting edge process: Intel, Samsung, and TSMC.
https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node#Leading_edge_trend https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node#Leading_edge_tr...
- iClaudiusX 8y agoI was just thinking about this while reading about a (the?) company that produces extreme ultraviolet lithography scanners. Intel, Samsung, and TSMC all buy EUL scanners from this one company, ASML, to make their ~7nm chips. Only 31 of these machines exist in the world, with another 30 orders projected for this year. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13904/asml-to-ship-30-euv-scanners-in-2019 https://www.anandtech.com/show/13904/asml-to-ship-30-euv-sca...
- ct520 8y agoAt 100+ mill a pop not cheap..
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