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According to ASML, EUV requires an incredible amount of institutional knowledge to pull off, including for the optics involved. And they're not worried about a
by totalZero 6y ago
According to ASML, EUV requires an incredible amount of institutional knowledge to pull off, including for the optics involved. And they're not worried about a machine being taken to an unauthorized location because EUV machines are huge and assembled on-site for customers ("bolted to the ground") by ASML itself.
Given the pace of chipmaking die shrink, I wouldn't be surprised if they can retard the ability of China to get up to speed on 7nm before the next lithographic generation becomes common.