Asml creates new euv machines for future 7nm + and 5nm nodes

Behind manufacturers like TSMC, GlobalFoundries, Samsung and Intel, there are companies like ASML, which with their machinery and technologies, help in the manufacture of cutting-edge chips. Today, ASML appears to have a new 410W EUV machine in operation, which will serve to mass manufacture CPUs and GPUs at 7nm and smaller.

ASML manufactures the EUV (Extreme UltraViolet) machines that will be crucial for future 7nm +, 5nm and smaller nodes

The 7nm is coming and it is an important leap that will impact the performance of processors and graphics cards, among other segments, but beyond that, silicon manufacturers want to continue improving the node manufacturing process. TSMC already has plans to implement EUV (Extreme UltraViolet) technology in the next 7nm + nodes, which will help improve production elements and improve density with a greater number of transistors.

This is where EUV machines come into play and are critical. Today ASML machines are capable of supplying 250W of light, but higher power machines are required to create EUV silicon (chips) at a faster rate. The source power of these machines is indicative of the number of photons that can be exposed to silicon in a given time, which means that higher power units will be able to finish their work on a silicon wafer at a faster rate, accelerating the production.

Spectrum has reported that ASML has sourced a machine with a 410W EUV power source running in its labs, acting as the potential base for the company's next-generation EUV machinery. At this time, your 410W machine is not capable of producing chips yet, although it is certainly an important step in this technology, which will help major silicon manufacturers improve their production.

EUV technology will have a much bigger role to play in future 5nm or smaller process nodes where they will be critical.