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Semiconductor industry, PhD in Semiconductor Device Physics, Europe/Austria
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Looking for a Christmas gift? There's a Lego set of a asml EUV machine 😍
Lego set of a ASML lithography machine
December 2, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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Today I want to present to you the in my opinion most impressive machine in the world: The #EUV (extreme ultraviolet) #lithography tool of #ASML. The tool has a size of 10x4x4 meters and costs ~200 million Euros. This tool is used for the fabrication of every modern chip in the world.
The picture shows an ASML lighography tool of the size 10x4x4 meters. It is a schematic with the main focus on a complicated projection optic. A from an EUV light source a beam hits a photo mask via multiple lenses and mirrors. From the mask the pattern is transferred to a wafer which is placed on a stage. This projection optic is embedded in a vacuum chamber and surrounded by lots of wiring.
November 17, 2024 at 4:44 PM
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Today I want to present to you the potential scaling roadmap for transistors presented by #imec. While finFETs have been dominating logic in the last couple of years, #Samsung and #TSMC have shifted to Gate-All-Around (GAA) devices which will dominate the market in the next years.
Chart with the title "Potential logic scaling roadmap extension" presented by imec. The chart is split into 4 rows and shows a timefline from 2018 to 2036. the rows show the name of the node, the metal pitch in nanometer, the name of the used MOSFET and an schematic of a context-aware interconnect. 2018: N7, 40nm, finFET 2020: N5, 28nm, finFET 2022: N3, 21nm, finFET 2024: N2, 21nm, GAA NSFET 2026: A14, 28nm, GAANSFET 2028: A10, 18nm, FSFET 2030: A7, 16nm, FSFET 2032: A5, 16nm, CFET (with 4 complementary FETs) 2034: A3, 16nm, CFET (with 8 complementary FETs) 2036: A2, 16-12nm, CFET atomic
November 16, 2024 at 10:54 AM
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While many of these foundries are quite successful in their specialized field, they play a minor role in the global semiconductor market. Market shares show clearly that the only European presence is in manufacturing equipment (dominated by ASML) and older nodes.
Chart which shows Market shares of various Fields: RnD: 60% US 6% Europe <10nm Node: 92% Taiwan, 8% South Korea 10-22nm Node: 43%US, 12% Europe, 28% Taiwan Euipment: 41%US 18% Europe, 32% Japan Wafers: 14% Europe, 16% Taiwan, 56% Japan Foundries: 10%US, 9%China, 60%Taiwan 19% South Korea, 2% Rest of world Total value chain: 38% US, 9% China, 10%Europe, 9% Taiwan, 16% South Corea, 14% Japan
November 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM
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In my first thread I would like to give you an overview of the European semiconductor business.
Map of Europe which shows the most important Research centers, Quipment manufacturers, Chip foundries, Chemical industries and Wafer manufacturers. ASML - Equipment - Netherlands NXP - Chip foundry - Netherlands imec - Research - Belgium Nexperia - Chip foundry - Netherlands Melexis - Chip foundry BASF - Chemicals - Germany Intel - Chip foundry - Germany x-FAB - Chip foundry - Germany Zeiss - Equipment - Germany Bosch - Chip foundry - Germany AMS - Chip foundry - Austria Infineon - Chip foundry - Germany/Austria Fraunhofer - Research - Germany Glofe - Wafers - Germany CEA-Leit - Research - France STM - Foundry - Switzerland/France/Italy Bosch - Foundry - Germany
November 15, 2024 at 6:59 PM