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ASML took all the risk in developing EUV alone- everyone else thought it basically couldn’t be done- and now they hold the key patents.
by ip26 4y ago
ASML took all the risk in developing EUV alone- everyone else thought it basically couldn’t be done- and now they hold the key patents.
- kcb 4y ago> ASML took all the risk in developing EUV alone Not really. They acquired Cymer for their EUV tech.
- sudosysgen 4y agoNot quite. A lot of the research on EUV was in collaboration with various national laboratories and universities. They were far from the only ones thinking it could be done. The Chinese themselves wanted to give it a shot before ASML proved it was possible. It's mostly that ASML's competition generally wasn't keeping up. They have a monopoly even on last-gen DUV. Canon and Nikon didn't keep up and couldn't afford to work on EUV.
- cromwellian 4y agoWhat? Where do you get this? The US DOE and EUV LLC a consortium of loads of companies like Intel and IBM spent well over a decade investing in EUV research including many methods like electron beams and using a synchotron. ASML was late to the party and joined EUV LLC after a lot of the research had been done. And the laser needed to make EUV machines work is from Cyner, ASML bought this company. Took all the risk? Geez.