From the description of a “fast fab” and this, perhaps the play is to beat photolithogaphic fans on turnaround, e.g. GDS-to-first-silicon latency. An e-beam doe

From the description of a “fast fab” and this, perhaps the play is to beat photolithogaphic fans on turnaround, e.g. GDS-to-first-silicon latency. An e-beam doesn’t need masks made.