ASML reaches agreement for delivery of EUV lithography systems

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Lithography is an optical technology that is used to image the circuits on a chip. One of the key factors that determine the resolution that can be achieved with lithography is the wavelength of the light. Extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography uses light of a shorter wavelength (13.5 nanometers) than the current standard in volume production of the most advanced chips, immersion lithography (193 nanometers). EUV can thus image smaller features without the need for multiple exposures and allows semiconductor device makers to simplify the manufacturing process, exposing a critical layer of a chip in a single step.

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