Hardware Industry Huawei says it can build 1.4nm chips without ASML's most advanced machines Cut off from advanced lithography tools, Huawei is betting on stacked chip architectures and new packaging methods By Skye Jacobs, May 25, 2026, 7:49 AM 11 comments
Hardware Industry ASML says first silicon from its latest $400M High-NA EUV machines is just months away "Coming soon to a fab near you" By Alfonso Maruccia, May 20, 2026, 5:20 PM 8 comments
Hardware Industry ASML plans to build at least 60 EUV machines this year as AI chip demand surges That is 36% above 2025 sales, with more cleanroom capacity and supplier scaling needed to keep pace By Skye Jacobs, April 27, 2026, 6:15 AM
Hardware Industry ASML looks beyond EUV, plans new tools for larger chips and 3D packaging The company is exploring technologies to stack, bond, and scale chips beyond two-dimensional limits By Skye Jacobs, March 3, 2026, 11:16 AM
Hardware Industry ASML pushes EUV power to 1,000 watts, unlocking up to 50% more chips per machine Doubling laser pulses and droplet speed could push EUV lithography to unprecedented power By Skye Jacobs, February 24, 2026, 2:36 PM 11 comments
Hardware Industry The myth of China's stolen EUV machine meets reality: it hasn't made a single chip Reports of China cracking EUV lithography were greatly exaggerated By Skye Jacobs, December 26, 2025, 6:36 PM 59 comments
Electronics Industry ASML's most advanced EUV machine is now central to Intel's comeback strategy Etching CPUs and other advanced chips with sub-1nm accuracy By Alfonso Maruccia, December 18, 2025, 11:33 AM
Hardware Electronics China may have reverse-engineered an EUV machine, a big step toward chip self-sufficiency Secretive project could bring Beijing closer to semiconductor independence, once thought a decade away By Skye Jacobs, December 18, 2025, 10:42 AM 29 comments
Hardware Industry Ex-Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger is back in chipmaking with an xLight deal worth up to $150M Gelsinger pitches free-electron lasers as next step for Moore's Law By Skye Jacobs, December 2, 2025, 2:33 PM 7 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC slashes EUV power use nearly in half: without hurting yields Efficiency push means to save 190 million kWh by 2030 By Skye Jacobs, October 3, 2025, 9:31 AM 10 comments
Hardware Industry Intel's 14A process promises big gains but at a higher price than 18A Intel is moving ahead with high-NA EUV as TSMC waits on costs and complexity By Skye Jacobs, September 9, 2025, 6:15 AM
Industry Electronics EUV chip production will soon reach record levels of energy consumption Chip manufacturing equipment poses increasingly important environmental issues By Alfonso Maruccia, November 1, 2024, 12:47 PM 8 comments
Hardware Industry China is spending more on chipmaking machines than anyone else in the world China is doing everything it can to advance local manufacturing By Alfonso Maruccia, September 3, 2024, 2:14 PM
Hardware Electronics World's biggest extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) supplier grew 30 percent in 2023 Company forecasts 2024 to be a transition year before returning to full growth in 2025 By Alfonso Maruccia, January 26, 2024, 3:56 PM
Hardware Industry US sanctions will keep China 10 years behind on chipmaking, Intel CEO says US restrictions on chipmaking tools a critical factor By Daniel Sims, January 18, 2024, 7:17 PM 22 comments
Electronics Hardware ASML just shipped its first next-gen EUV machine to Intel Chipzilla will soon be at the bleeding edge of chip manufacturing technology By Alfonso Maruccia, December 22, 2023, 9:26 AM
Electronics Industry Canon challenges ASML supremacy in chip manufacturing with a new nanoimprint lithography system A machine with reduced power consumption to make 5nm-node semiconductors By Alfonso Maruccia, October 13, 2023, 1:20 PM 15 comments
Hardware Industry Huawei patents EUV lithography tools used to make <10nm chips Another step towards technological self-sufficiency By Isaiah Mayersen, December 25, 2022, 1:51 PM 8 comments
Industry China export ban for chipmaking machines extends to Netherlands and Japan Why it matters: After USA-based manufacturers, Dutch and Japanese companies are now preparing a harsher ban on technology exports to China. The Asian country won't have access to any of the machinery needed to make high-performance microchips. Full story By Alfonso Maruccia, December 13, 2022, 9:18 AM 28 comments
Hardware Industry ASML's next-gen EUV machine will give Moore's Law a new lease of life The march of progress in semiconductors is far from over By Adrian Potoroaca, September 30, 2021, 8:52 AM 22 comments
Hardware Industry TSMC is ending discounts and increasing wafer prices High demand after PC components and consoles will continue in 2021 By Adrian Potoroaca, December 17, 2020, 6:39 AM 15 comments
Hardware Industry Samsung ships one million DDR4 DRAM modules based on extreme ultraviolet technology Will the coronavirus outbreak alter Samsung's roadmap? By Shawn Knight, March 25, 2020, 11:10 AM
Industry Samsung doubles investment in EUV line at Hwaseong plant The total cost of the contract is now $1.29 billion By Eric Hamilton, April 2, 2019, 1:38 PM
Industry Hardware An update on TSMC's transition to 7nm EUV mass production and future plans 5nm is going to risk production, 3nm is slated for 2022 By Greg Synek, February 12, 2019, 9:29 AM