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Any competitors to ASML?

• newswasboring 5y ago
  No real competitors. They own the EUV market because they own the only company making EUV sources (Cymer). They also work very closely with Zeiss and co own some of the important patents I think (but don't quote me on this). A Japanese company Gigaphoton made a EUV source, but I am not aware of any orders from any major fab to them. I think since 2018 they are just trying to be second source for source parts (guessing from the fact that they have stopped publishing HVM numbers and are more focused on proving they can make reliable parts). Its become so sad that they don't even mention their EUV source on their website, but then again these type of companies rarely pay attention to their web presence.
  • pa7x1 5y ago
    Cymer is not the only company producing EUV sources. There are some Japanese companies that do produce them too, (e.g. Ushio). And ASML itself uses Trumpf's (Germany) lasers instead of Cymer. https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14039015/how-does-the-laser-technology-in-euv-lithography-work https://www.laserfocusworld.com/blogs/article/14039015/how-d...
    • newswasboring 5y ago
      Trumpf doesn't make the EUV source it makes the CO2 laser which produces the plasma in Cymer's EUV source. Ushio does make a EUV source but thats not for manufacturing, its for inspection. The power difference itself should tell you that its a different ball game entirely.