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Dead in the water without EUV just like OG Intel 10nm. The number of masks required to etch these chips without EUV makes it a non-starter for anything with a l
by sjcoles 4y ago
Dead in the water without EUV just like OG Intel 10nm. The number of masks required to etch these chips without EUV makes it a non-starter for anything with a larger area than the BTC mining chip that they produce.
I am very curious the yield and number of masks required.
This article outlines struggles Intel had with multipatterning and 10nm on DUV.
https://www.eetimes.com/intels-10nm-node-past-present-and-future/ https://www.eetimes.com/intels-10nm-node-past-present-and-fu...
E: Furthermore, I don't think SMIC has any packaging technology that would allow them to leverage chiplets.
- rowanG077 4y agoIt's not like EUV is magic pixie just ordained by the gods to be unachievable by china. I would be surprised if china doesn't have EUV within 10 years.
- anhphamfmr 4y agoEUV technology was proven possible in the 80s. However to make it happen and comercialize took the West a few decades.
- HyperSane 4y agoIt took 40 years to actually make EUV commercially viable.