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US could soon develop new EUV materials for denser chips

Original: US could soon develop new EUV lithography materials to enable fabrication of higher-density chips

The US may soon develop new extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography materials that would allow semiconductor manufacturers to fabricate chips with higher component density, according to a report by Interesting Engineering. The advance would support continued miniaturization in chipmaking, a field currently dominated by Dutch firm ASML, which supplies the EUV machines used to produce leading-edge processors.

Why now: Chips and semiconductor supply chains are a major strategic and industrial policy concern, so any US advance in leading-edge chipmaking materials draws attention.

United StatesASMLInteresting Engineeringsemiconductor industry

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