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SK HYNIX WILL BEGIN STUDYING ASML EQUIPMENT FOR HIGH NUMERICAL APERTURE EUV LITHOGRAPHY Are you joining the Leading Semiconductor Executive Leadership event, International Semiconductor Executive Summits USA in Arizona in partnership with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council? If not, the event is approaching SOLD OUT, come and join us to network with leading executives 1 on 1, strengthen your company’s brand, and gather the latest global market intelligence. Get in contact with me to secure your spot. Article Summary: 1. Cutting-edge Technology Adoption: SK hynix embraces #EUV lithography with a high numerical aperture, a significant move in enhancing #semiconductor component production capabilities. 2. Global Expansion Plans: The company remains tight-lipped about potential HBM #chip packaging facilities in the United States, considering all states as potential candidates, signaling #SKhynix's strategic global expansion. 3. Open to Collaboration: While maintaining its stance on disrupted negotiations with Kioxia, SK hynix expresses openness to mutually beneficial cooperation, highlighting its willingness to consider proposals for future collaboration. Thanks again to Technewsspace.com for the full article with more background and insights click the source link in the comments below 💡 🙏 👇 #artificialintelligence #aiot #ic #chips #foundry  #generativeai #usa

SK hynix's strategic adoption of cutting-edge EUV lithography and potential global expansion plans reflect the company's commitment to staying technologically competitive. Their openness to collaboration signals a flexible approach in navigating industry dynamics and fostering mutually beneficial partnerships for future growth. #semiconductor #semiconductorindustry #manufacturing #technology #computerchips #china #enginering

#Nanotechnology | 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 | In a joint venture, the PSI Paul Scherrer Institut and Finnish company PiBond Ltd are collaborating to commercialize advanced EUV semiconductor lithography products. Under the guidance of Dr. Yasin Ekinci, they have made impressive strides in the development of next-generation lithographic materials, setting a new benchmark for innovation in semiconductors. Applying advanced materials for extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV), the team was able to fabricate faster and more energy-efficient semiconductor chips. This impactful discovery, nurtured by a strategic technology licensing agreement, is poised to transform semiconductor device manufacturing by overcoming current hurdles in lithographic materials. The establishment of PiBond's Swiss subsidiary to amplify PSI collaboration further highlights the prominent role of this partnership in future material and process development for semiconductor fabrication. 👉 Learn more >> https://lnkd.in/gscNsnXA 🇨🇭 Follow #ScienceSwitzerland for the latest news and emerging trends on Swiss science, technology, education and innovation >> swissinnovation.org Follow us >> Science-Switzerland #Science | #Education | #Research | #Innovation

NYS Governor Hochul Announces $10 Billion Partnership to Bring Next-Generation Research and Development Center to NY Creates’ Albany Nanotech Complex. Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a $10 billion partnership with leaders from the semiconductor industry such as IBM, Micron, Applied Materials, Tokyo Electron, and others to establish a next-generation semiconductor research and development center at NY CREATES’ Albany NanoTech Complex. The partnership will fund the construction of a cutting-edge High NA Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography Center – the first and only publicly owned High NA EUV Center in North America – that will support the research and development of the world’s most complex and powerful semiconductors. In addition to the transformative investment in New York’s Capital Region, this partnership will make New York State home to the nation's most advanced, publicly owned semiconductor R&D infrastructure, support the long-term growth of New York’s tech economy, and create and retain thousands of direct, indirect, and union construction jobs. https://lnkd.in/gxuBHKUi

ASML has unveiled its revolutionary Hyper-NA EUV technology, set to transform semiconductor manufacturing by enabling unprecedented levels of transistor density. Announced by former president Martin van den Brink at imec's ITF World event in Antwerp, Hyper-NA boosts the numerical aperture (NA) from 0.55 to 0.75. This advancement promises enhanced productivity, processing 400 to 500 wafers per hour, and reduces the complexity and cost of double patterning. Intel has already adopted High-NA systems, and other industry leaders are expected to follow. Hyper-NA EUV sets a new benchmark for chip design, driving efficiency, innovation, and long-term growth in the semiconductor industry. ASML #Semiconductor #EUV #lithography https://lnkd.in/exbHvX_a

“The Chinese internet has been abuzz recently about news of a breakthrough by Chinese scientists developing an ultra-deep ultraviolet light source for photolithography — the key process for making semiconductors. The furor was exacerbated by claims that construction of a lithography machine factory is underway in Xiongan, near Beijing. As a science writer and academic, many people have asked me to validate this news. The principle of this new light source is indeed real, but it was only proposed back in 2010 — the technology is still in the proof-of-concept phase and is at least 15 to 20 years away from practical application. Bizarrely, the source of the recent excitement was a research paper published by Tsinghua University scientists more than two years ago. Why it suddenly caught the public eye is unclear. As for the claims regarding the Xiongan factory, they are mere exaggerations. In a nutshell: no country will be able to independently produce a lithography machine at the most advanced global standard for decades.” “They are the most precise and intricate apparatus that humankind has ever crafted. Semiconductor sophistication is measured in nanometers, indicating the size of the transistors — the smaller they are the more can fit onto a chip. For instance, the recent launch of Huawei’s new Mate 60 Pro smartphone was met with much fanfare because of speculation that it boasts a 7 nanometer (nm) chip made by China’s very own Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. The Chinese scientists have supposedly created a new source for EUV light. Originally developed by a U.S. company, which has since been acquired by Netherlands-based ASML Holding NV, EUV machines can produce 7 nm, 5 nm or even finer chips. One notch below EUV is deep ultraviolet (DUV) light. Remarkably, the 7 nm Kirin 9000s chip in Huawei’s latest phone was produced using DUV, demonstrating the feasibility of etching 7 nm transistors with a 193 nm wavelength through a method known as multiple patterning.” “Currently, only a handful of global players, including ASML, Japan’s Canon Inc. and Nikon Corp., and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., have mastered DUV technology. These devices consist of three primary segments: the light source, the optical system, and the etching worktable. I’d argue that creating and using each of these components is as technically challenging as landing on the moon. After a 22-year odyssey of testing, optimization and upgrades, the first commercially viable EUV photolithography machine was finally launched in 2019. Currently, ASML is the only company that makes the machine. Moreover, the U.S. Department of Energy holds nearly all the core patents for the lithography machine. So, when the U.S. government decided to prohibit the sale of these lithography machines to China, ASML can’t resist. For China to produce lithography machines independently, it would need to achieve self-reliance across all three critical components.”

Ten times a second an object shaped like a thick pizza box and holding a silicon wafer takes off three times faster than a manned rocket. For a few milliseconds it moves at a constant speed before being halted abruptly with astonishing precision—within a single atom of its target. This is not a high-energy physics experiment. It is the latest lithography machine dreamed up by ASML, a manufacturer of chipmaking tools, to project nanoscopic chip patterns onto silicon wafers. #semiconductor #manufacturing   https://lnkd.in/dPC-QbEN

Economic and technological sanctions are like forcing someone go to the gym and do more with less. The outcome might be something very innovative leapfrogging the status quo, especially when the full force of Chinese state-capitalism is behind it. […] Plans are now under way to construct a particle accelerator with a circumference between 100-150 metres (328-492 feet) – roughly the size of two basketball courts. The accelerator’s electron beam will transform into a high-quality light source for on-site chip manufacturing and scientific inquiry. The team from Tsinghua University is in active discussions with authorities in Xiongan New Area to select a construction site for the cutting-edge project. Contrary to commercial players such as Advanced Semiconductor Materials Lithography (ASML), which favours reducing the size of chip-making machines for export, the Chinese project aims to localise manufacturing by building a colossal factory housing multiple lithography machines around a single accelerator. This innovation could foster high-volume, low-cost chip manufacturing and potentially propel China into a leadership role in the industrial production of advanced chips, known as 2nm (nanometre) chips, and beyond. […] #china #semiconductor #technology #microchips #lithography #sanctions #asml #innovation #development #manufacturing #development #resilience

imec is to host a pilot line to develop 1nm CMOS SoC and chiplet technologies with an investment of €2.5bn: The NanoIC pilot line will focus on sub-2nm CMOS technology, which will be key for the Intel 16A process. Prototyping chiplets is expected to be a key technology for the line. The funding was announced at the imec technology forum (ITF) in Antwerp today with €1.4bn expected to come from Horizon Europe and Digital Europe through the Chips Joint Undertaking(Chips JU) and the Flanders state government. The remaining €1,1bn will come from industrial partners including lithography equipment maker ASML. #semiconductor #semiconductorindustry #tsmc #intel #samsung #imec #globalfoundries #smic #umc #innovation #ai #computerchips #machinelearning #broadcomm #transistor #cowos #skhynix #microntechnology #kioxia #nanya #toshiba #ymtc #yangtze #scaling #moore #manufacturing #production #fabrication #apple #nvidia #arm #amd #qualcomm #ibm #huawei #chip #chipdesign #chipmaker #memory #logic #cpu #processor #FEOL #BEOL #interconnects #dram #nand #3Dnand #nandflash #storage #asml #euv #lithography

It is still in the planning stage, but all major technological advances start with a plan. Moreover, this plan once more shows that Chinese culture and social organisation that has sprung from it creates a more favourable environment for open innovation than the Western counterpart. #china #technology #chipmanufacturing