My understand is intel is in this situation exactly because they don't use EUV - but "older gen" DUV - deep ultra violet and are pushing the technology farther

My understand is intel is in this situation exactly because they don't use EUV - but "older gen" DUV - deep ultra violet and are pushing the technology farther by upping the scaling factor see[0] for more information [0]: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13683/intel-euvenabled-7nm-process-tech-is-on-track https://www.anandtech.com/show/13683/intel-euvenabled-7nm-pr...