http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-04-21/next-generation-euv-chips-hit-a-snag
Key Notes;
- In 2012, Intel, Samsung, and TSMC took the unprecedented step of investing about $1.6 billion in ASML to speed its research and paid close to $5 billion for 23 percent of the company.
- “The industry made their bet several years ago that EUV would be the next generation,” he says. “It’s been very disappointing.”
- For now, the most obvious way to get smaller lines is to use current lithography techniques a greater number of times on each chip. The big chipmakers have been loath to do that because it takes longer, always top of mind in a $10 billion factory that will be obsolete within five years.
