{"id":2976,"date":"2021-10-09T13:59:02","date_gmt":"2021-10-09T21:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/?p=2976"},"modified":"2021-10-20T16:39:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T00:39:11","slug":"euv-lithography-headlines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/2021\/10\/09\/euv-lithography-headlines\/","title":{"rendered":"EUV lithography makes headlines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EUV lithography is now part of everything \u2013 including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-54510363\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/technology-54510363', 'the chips in your iPhone 12 and beyond']);\" >the chips in your iPhone 12 and beyond<\/a>. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s because of the chip shortage, the $50B investment of the US government in semiconductor manufacturing, or the realization that having a nearly monopolistic market with its biggest player in Taiwan, at the mercy of an invasion, but there&#8217;s a lot of press on EUV lithography right now (I&#8217;ve been talking about my work on the topic at Berkeley Lab here: <a href=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/2017\/08\/08\/sharp-met5-euv-lithography-at-lawrence-berkeley-national-laboratory\/\">SHARP and MET5<\/a>, and shared some thoughts on <a href=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/2018\/02\/03\/moores-wall\/\">Moore&#8217;s law<\/a> here.)<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2977\" style=\"width: 312px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2977\" class=\"wp-image-2977 \" src=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"302\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/alslam.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at the inaugural Berkeley Lab Slam (2016), talking about EUV lithography<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Here&#8217;s a few pieces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/asml-extreme-ultraviolet-lithography-chips-moores-law\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/asml-extreme-ultraviolet-lithography-chips-moores-law\/', 'The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore\u2019s Law Alive']);\" >The $150 Million Machine Keeping Moore\u2019s Law Alive<\/a> (Wired, very similar to our <a href=\"https:\/\/berkeleysciencereview.com\/article\/2020\/05\/10\/toolbox-room-to-shrink\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/berkeleysciencereview.com\/article\/2020\/05\/10\/toolbox-room-to-shrink', 'piece in the Berkeley Science Review']);\" >piece in the Berkeley Science Review<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/6102879\/semiconductor-chip-shortage-tsmc\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/time.com\/6102879\/semiconductor-chip-shortage-tsmc\/', 'Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World\u2019s Tech Run']);\" >Inside the Taiwan Firm That Makes the World\u2019s Tech Run<\/a> (Time)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/04\/technology\/tech-cold-war-chips.html\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/07\/04\/technology\/tech-cold-war-chips.html', 'The Tech Cold War\u2019s \u2018Most Complicated Machine\u2019 That\u2019s Out of China\u2019s Reach']);\" >The Tech Cold War\u2019s \u2018Most Complicated Machine\u2019 That\u2019s Out of China\u2019s Reach<\/a> (New York Times)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2021\/10\/intel-slipped-and-its-future-now-depends-on-making-everyone-elses-chips\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/tech-policy\/2021\/10\/intel-slipped-and-its-future-now-depends-on-making-everyone-elses-chips\/', 'Intel slipped\u2014and its future now depends on making everyone else\u2019s chips']);\" >Intel slipped\u2014and its future now depends on making everyone else\u2019s chips<\/a> (Ars Technica)<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>In this story, ASML is the quiet powerhouse \u2013 they have a de facto monopoly (their stock rose 10x over the last 5 years) and they keep expanding (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.asml.com\/en\/news\/press-releases\/2021\/asml-expands-presence-in-silicon-valley-with-new-campus\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.asml.com\/en\/news\/press-releases\/2021\/asml-expands-presence-in-silicon-valley-with-new-campus', 'ASML opens new state-of-the-art R&amp;D facility in Silicon Valley']);\" >ASML opens new state-of-the-art R&D facility in Silicon Valley<\/a>.) There&#8217;s been some hardball played here, with the US pressuring the European company not to sell their technology with China (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-asml-holding-usa-china-insight\/trump-administration-pressed-dutch-hard-to-cancel-china-chip-equipment-sale-sources-idUSKBN1Z50HN\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-asml-holding-usa-china-insight\/trump-administration-pressed-dutch-hard-to-cancel-china-chip-equipment-sale-sources-idUSKBN1Z50HN', 'Reuters']);\" >Reuters<\/a>), as if it made any sense.<\/p>Besides, I am stoked to see my former colleagues from the Center for X-Ray Optics <a href=\"https:\/\/recognition.lbl.gov\/2021-laureates\/\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/recognition.lbl.gov\/2021-laureates\/', 'receive recognition for their work']);\" >receive recognition for their work<\/a>!<\/p>I hope we&#8217;ll get to develop new techniques with x-rays using diffraction-limited beams to further the advances in semiconductors and microchips \u2013 skyrmions, <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/lbl.gov\/the-next-90\/imagine-the-future\/accelerators\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/sites.google.com\/lbl.gov\/the-next-90\/imagine-the-future\/accelerators', 'superconductivity']);\" >superconductivity<\/a>, memristors, and so many other cool things!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2980\" style=\"width: 202px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spiral.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2980\" class=\"wp-image-2980\" src=\"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/spiral.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"192\" height=\"192\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">power spectral density of an EUV coherent beam reflected on a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-020-68588-w\" onclick=\"_gaq.push(['_trackEvent', 'outbound-article', 'https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41598-020-68588-w', 'naturally rough surface']);\" >naturally rough surface<\/a> going through an objective zoneplate with a topological charge of 1<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EUV lithography is now part of everything \u2013 including the chips in your iPhone 12 and beyond. I don&#8217;t know if it&#8217;s because of the chip shortage, the $50B investment of the US government in semiconductor manufacturing, or the realization that having a nearly monopolistic market with its biggest player in Taiwan, at the mercy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,11,16,9,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-berkeley-lab","category-english","category-resources","category-science","category-science-life"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2976"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2999,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2976\/revisions\/2999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/antoine.wojdyla.fr\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}