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I think it was more proto-tech than fully formed tech that the US Gov developed.
by RandomLensman 3y ago
I think it was more proto-tech than fully formed tech that the US Gov developed.
- wil421 3y agoYes, I should’ve emphasized decades of R&D to get anything commercially usable and I’m drastically understating what it took.
- hangonhn 3y ago100% this. People often misunderstand what technology at the governmental and university level means. The root of EUV lithography goes back 3 decades. It did originate in the US and was done at US government sponsored labs but it took 3 more decades to go from fundamental research to commercial application. Even now the yield rate isn't that great. There's still a lot of R&D to be done on EUV. I am very glad that ASML eventually got access to information related to EUV, despite being initially excluded. Where would the world be without them and their long term investment into EUV? This misunderstanding lead to unnecessary and destructive policies and laws that prevents scientific cooperation between countries across many different fields.
- foobiekr 3y agoCymer was not "proto-tech."
- RandomLensman 3y agoIsn't that DUV not EUV?
- foobiekr 3y agoNo.
- RandomLensman 3y agoDid they have a working EUV lithography process and machinery? These days it says on their website they supply DUV light sources.