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EUV technology was developed in partnership with the US Department of Energy which is why the US can implement export controls (it was an explicit condition of
by throwup238 2y ago
EUV technology was developed in partnership with the US Department of Energy which is why the US can implement export controls (it was an explicit condition of original deal with the DoE). A significant part of the “secret sauce” is manufactured in San Diego.
It’s not really “one firm in the Netherlands”, it’s a global collaboration that goes back to the 1990s. Intel was involved from the beginning, they just dropped the ball.
- to11mtm 2y ago> it’s a global collaboration Yep, even on the optics side (IIRC Zeiss, Nikon and Samsung are big players in the optical side...)
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- milleramp 2y agoI saw a working euv laser at TRW in the early 2000's. https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16550791/trw-and-euv-llc-to-develo165extreme-uv-light-source-for-smaller-faster-integrated-circuits https://www.laserfocusworld.com/lasers-sources/article/16550...
- throwup238 2y agoEUV LLC is the joint venture between ASML, Intel, etc funded by the Department of Energy. That’s the legal structure that they used to bring the entire deal together. TRW was a partner.