Netherlands EUV Lithography: 2-Nanometer Microchips

Inside the 2-nanometer microchip

Chapter 1

Shrinking down to the atomic scale

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Chapter 2

The global machine that builds them

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Chapter 3

Powering the next generation of tech

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Chapter 4

Beyond the silicon wall

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YOUR GOAL

Master of Inside the 2-nanometer microchip

Ch 2 · The global machine that builds them

play_review ASML High-NA EUV Machine

Laser strikes the tin, / plasma starts to glow, / nanometer flow.

play_review South Korea's massive GAA manufacturing push

South Korea's massive GAA manufacturing push

play_review Samsung pioneered the gate-all-around architecture and competes globally to manufacture next-generation 2-nanometer processors.

The giant cleanrooms of Taiwanese gigafabs

play_review Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC, produces the vast majority of the world's most advanced microchips.

Tiny Tech, Big World

BETA

play_review Stack microscopic transistors to learn how 2-nanometer microchips power our massive world.

Fun Fact

EUV mirrors: The mirrors inside ASML's lithography machines are so flat that if expanded to the size of Germany, the tallest bump would be one millimeter.

Glossary

lithography (noun)
A printing process using a flat surface, or a microfabrication method for patterning semiconductor wafers. Dutch manufacturer ASML exclusively builds the extreme ultraviolet lithography systems required for two-nanometer chip production.

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Should countries build local chip factories?

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What is the approximate cost of a single High-NA EUV lithography machine?

play_review Extreme ultraviolet lithography from the Netherlands

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What level of chemical purity is required for materials used in 2-nanometer chip fabrication?

play_review The giant cleanrooms of Taiwanese gigafabs

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Which Dutch company is the sole manufacturer of Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machines?

play_review The ultra-pure global chemical supply chain

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What molten metal is blasted with lasers to create the light used in EUV lithography?

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Which company produces the vast majority of the world's most advanced microchips in Taiwan?

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What are the massive microchip manufacturing factories called?

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Which country's specialized chemical firms are primary suppliers of ultra-pure silicon ingots and photoresists?

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Which South Korean electronics giant pioneered the commercial GAA architecture?