Intel Foundry announced Thursday that it had completed the assembly of the industry's first commercial High Numerical Aperture (High-NA) Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) machine in its D1X fab in Oregon -- an important milestone as the company readies research and development for its 14A process in 2025.
Intel Foundry is the lead customer for toolmaker ASML's Twinscan EXE:5000 machine, beating commercial rival TSMC and others to begin R&D with the machine. Tom's Hardware spoke with Intel's Director of Lithography Hardware and Solutions to learn more about the new technology, and cost concerns that surround it.
