Intel starts using ASML’s High NA EUV technology to produce chips
Intel Corp. has started using ASML Holding NV’s newest lithography hardware to produce processors.
The Dutch chipmaking equipment maker disclosed the milestone today. The announcement coincided with the release of its quarterly earnings report, which topped expectations across the board.
Lithography machines use light to etch transistors into silicon wafers. ASML is the world’s largest supplier of such systems. The company said today that Intel has started using its newest generation of lithography machines, the TwinScan EXE series, to make chips.
A lithography machine’s capabilities are influenced by its so-called numeric aperture, or NA. That’s a number used to describe the angles at which a system generates light beams. The larger the NA number, the smaller the transistors the system can make. Small transistors, in turn, make it possible to produce faster and more power-efficient chips.
