As noted by Korean media outlet The Financial News, citing sources, Samsung Electronics brought in its first High-NA EUV equipment, the EXE:5000, to its Hwaseong campus earlier this month. This equipment, priced at approximately 500 billion KRW (around 500 million USD), is exclusively supplied by...

Shortly after confirming positive progress on its 18A node, with tape-outs set for 1H25, Intel also updated on its adoption of high-NA EUV equipment. On Monday, the company revealed that the first two high-NA EUV machines from ASML are in production, processing 30,000 wafers in a quarter already, as...

Though Intel plans to lower its 2025 capex to USD 20 billion from USD 24 billion in 2024, the semiconductor giant has been gearing up to receive its new high-NA EUV machine soon. According to a report from Dutch media outlet tweakers, the first modules of ASML’s TwinScan EXE:5200 will be delivered...

As semiconductor giants Intel and TSMC have been bringing in ASML’s High- NA EUV machines, how major South Korean chip companies approach extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography technology also comes into spotlight. Interestingly, Samsung and SK hynix are adopting differing strategies on EUV, as per...

According to media reports, market sources previously indicated that TSMC received its first High-NA (High Numerical Aperture) extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography machine, the EXE:5000, from Dutch semiconductor equipment manufacturer ASML in September 2024. This marks a shift in TSMC's stance t...