Canon, [], launches ASML challenge with machine to make the most advanced chips (cnbc.com) 12 points by svggrfgovgf 2y ago ↗ HN
[–] svggrfgovgf 2y ago ↗ Full title:Canon, known for its cameras, launches ASML challenge with machine to make the most advanced chips
[–] Goodroo 2y ago ↗ This will be interesting because the few potential customers like TSMC and Intel are shareholders of ASML and thus their captive market.Most people don't know that EUV was actually a DARPA funded project to pry away semiconductor leadership from the Japanese [–] gary_0 2y ago ↗ EUV has quite the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ultraviolet_lithograph...> "Congress denied Japanese companies the necessary permission as they were perceived as strong technical competitors at the time"
[–] gary_0 2y ago ↗ EUV has quite the history: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extreme_ultraviolet_lithograph...> "Congress denied Japanese companies the necessary permission as they were perceived as strong technical competitors at the time"
[–] tpmx 2y ago ↗ Odd, the exact same model number (FPA-1200NZ2C) was also launched in 2017:https://global.canon/en/news/2017/20170720.htmlIt was then marketed as 10 nm. [–] kridsdale3 2y ago ↗ Maybe its the same machine and they just turned the dial from 10 to 5.
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[ 3.3 ms ] story [ 24.9 ms ] threadCanon, known for its cameras, launches ASML challenge with machine to make the most advanced chips
Most people don't know that EUV was actually a DARPA funded project to pry away semiconductor leadership from the Japanese
> "Congress denied Japanese companies the necessary permission as they were perceived as strong technical competitors at the time"
https://global.canon/en/news/2017/20170720.html
It was then marketed as 10 nm.