ASML, the sole manufacturer of EUV lithography machines, intended to sell a Lego version of its High-NA EUV machine for $230. However, the set was intended exclusively for ASML employees, leading to the cancellation of orders from external buyers.
Only one company in the world makes the Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography ( EUV ) machine and that is the Dutch firm ASML . The machines are used to help produce chips using the 7nm process node down to 3nm. The latest version of the machine, the High-NA EUV machine, will be used to produce chips made using a 2nm node and lower. As the process node drops, so does the size of the transistors used allowing a chip's transistor count to rise making it more powerful and/or energy-efficient.
The second generation EUV, the High-NA machine, increases the numerical aperture (NA) from 0.33 to 0.55. As a result, the machine can reduce the smallest feature it can print by 1.7 times and it increases the transistor density of a chip by 2.9 times. The price tag on one of these babies is $380 million andWhat an EUV does is create complex circuitry patterns thinner than human hair on silicon wafers. The new machines allow more detail to be produced on the wafers helping to simplify the production of chips with complex designs. As we said, ASML cancelled a $230 purchase of a High-NA EUV. But before you wonder how it could sell this powerful machine for a price that low, it was the Lego version of the ASML TWINSCAN EXE:5000 machine being sold on ASML's online store. This would be a great gift for the nerd on your shopping list who not only knows what a High-NA EUV machine is, but knows exactly what it does. But before you get ready to open your wallet, we have some bad news.that says the ASML High-NA EUV Lego set is made for ASML employees only which has led the company to cancel orders for the set placed by anyone without an ASML email address. Seriously, I can't imagine that this would be something that the kiddies would have asked Santa for, but for chip enthusiasts out there, this would have made a great conversation piece to have on their desks at work or home. I think that ASML missed an opportunity here to promote the company, chipmaking in general, and its busines
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