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by
Ciro Santilli
(@cirosantilli,
32
)
ASML Holding (1984-)
As of 2020 leading makers of the most important
fab
photolithography
equipment.
Video 1.
ASML: TSMC's Critical Supplier by
Asianometry
(2021)
.
Source
.
Video 2.
How ASML Won Lithography by
Asianometry
(2021)
.
Source
.
First there were dominant Elmer and Geophysics Corporation of America dominating the market.
Then a Japanese government project managed to make Nikon and Canon Inc. catch up, and in 1989, when
Ciro Santilli
was born, they had 70% of the market.
youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=240
In 1995, ASML had reached 25% market share. Then it managed the folloging faster than the others:
TwinScan, reached 50% market share in 2002
Immersion litography
EUV. There was a big split between EUV vs particle beams, and ASML bet on EUV and EUV won.
youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=459
they have an insane number of
software engineers
working on software for the machine, which is insanely complex. They are big on
UML
.
youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=634
they use
ZEISS
optics, don't develop their own. More precisely, the majority owned subsidiary
Carl Zeiss SMT
.
youtu.be/SB8qIO6Ti_M?t=703
IMEC
collaborations worked well. Notably the
ASML
/
Philips
/
ZEISS
trinity
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLNsYecX_2Q
ASML: Chip making goes vacuum with EUV (2009) Self promotional video, some good shots of their buildings.
Table of contents
ASM International
ASM International (1964)
ASML Holding
Parent/predecessor of
ASML
.
Ancestors
Semiconductor equipment maker
Semiconductor device fabrication
Computer hardware
Computer
Information technology
Area of technology
Technology
Index
Synonyms
cirosantilli/asml
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