• melroy@kbin.melroy.org
    1 day

    But note, it’s still using the asml machines. Title is a bit misleading maybe.

    • hardcoreufo@lemmy.worldEnglish
      15 hours

      They are using the old low NA EUV machines. Still expensive and still pretty cutting edge, just not the newest.

      • melroy@kbin.melroy.org
        3 hours

        Yes I know. It’s just not the latest and greatest. But that became clear after reading the full article. Initially I thought, seeing the title alone, that there was a competitor delivering a similar machine.

    • FauxLiving@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22 hours

      I can’t think of a reading that would be misleading. It’s common knowledge (among the people who would care about such an article) that TSMC uses ASML machines, as ASML has a near monopoly on EUV litography machines.

      ‘Pricey new tool from ASML’ can only mean the high NA EUV machines as ASML really only makes one kind of pricey tool.

      • hardcoreufo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15 hours

        They are talking about the low NA EUV tool which is quite pricey in its own right at $200 million. They are working on hyper NA EUV next… At $724 million.

        I’m just happy I work on trailing edge steppers and scanners. Those are complex enough that reading about the EUV machines makes me sick to think about having to perform any maintainence on them.