Chinese semiconductor thread II

[PopularScience]

People Daily: Ion implater successfully commercialized, Kingston Semi received 60 orders

 

[dingyibvs]

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t used to be reliable. They now focus on clickbait trash. Long list of tech media that pivot to clickbait for more views.

Unfortunately it's what the market demands. I used to read both Tom's and Anandtech, and the two diverged as Tom's became clickbait and survived while Anandtech is now shutting down.

 

[antiterror13]

from a scientific perspective, it will be harder. it is simply a fact that even with comparable atomic absorption cross section, Sn is a solid, and Xe is a gas. That means atomic density of the Sn target is on the order of 1000x higher.

Nonetheless there are Xe based EUV sources in R&D:

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There was a 20 year old design for liquid Xe jet based LPP EUV:

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This eliminates problems with debris, but presents problems with cryogenic cooling.

Is there any other metal that can achieve better than Sn ?

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Is there any other metal that can achieve better than Sn ?

What's the point? The problem with Sn isn't the photon absorption, it is with debris and droplet targeting. Using gas is to solve the debris and targeting problem while creating a photon absorption problem. IMO the gas model is still worth looking into though.

 

[spaceship9876]

Intel's market cap is typically in the range of $150 billion to $200 billion, making it one of the largest semiconductor companies. Qualcomm's market cap is generally lower, around $100 billion, which would pose a challenge for a direct acquisition without significant financial maneuvers.

intel's market cap is $93bn. Qualcomm's is $188bn.

 

[antiterror13]

Intel's market cap is typically in the range of $150 billion to $200 billion, making it one of the largest semiconductor companies. Qualcomm's market cap is generally lower, around $100 billion, which would pose a challenge for a direct acquisition without significant financial maneuvers.

huhhhh

Intel market caps is relatively very small right now, much lower than Qualcomm

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