A lens used in the manufacturing of semiconductors at Dutch company ASML, whose latest systems project blueprints of circuitry onto silicon wafersAnd pushing the boundaries of this technology is Dutch company ASML, which since its foundation in 1984 has quietly become a world leader in the semiconductor business. Its newest machines use highly-focused extreme ultra-violet (EUV) light to imprint designs on the chips, and are at the cutting-edge of what is scientifically and technologically possible in the art of miniaturisation. - 'Phones are not for calling' -Last year after two decades of research and development and billions of euros, ASML shipped its first 12 EUV machines to clients. - Accurate 'to within an atom' -The EUV system works by projecting the light through a blueprint, ASML explains. ASML now employs about 20,000 people, mostly engineers and most in Veldhoven, but it also has sites in Asia and the United States.

Source: Bangkok Post May 13, 2018 04:41 UTC