Trumpf has acquired an 85 per cent stake in Seattle-based Access Laser Company, a producer of high-precision, low-power CO2 lasers used to fabricate microchips in EUV lithography
The semiconductor equipment provider ASML has received eight additional orders for EUV machines in Q2 2017, which the company says shows that the adoption for high-volume EUV manufacturing has reached an inflection point
ASML has acquired a 24.9 per cent minority stake of Germany-based Carl Zeiss SMT, a business group of Carl Zeiss AG (Zeiss), for €1 billion in cash. The main objective of this agreement is to facilitate the development of the future generation of extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography systems
Extreme ultraviolet lithography holds the potential for transforming semiconductor manufacturing. Gemma Church finds that commercial systems could be put into production within the next two years
Trumpf has invested €70 million in a new facility to house its laser technology for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography