Dutch manufacturer of lithography equipment for the production of semiconductors - ASML company - spoke about the success in the production of a range of scanners for EUV (13,5 nm). ASML company increased its revenues both in the quarter and the year. Total in 2015, the company made 6.28 billion. Euros. So, in 2015, ASML has shipped two scanners EUV-range - is the latest models NXE: 3350B. Another scanner is in the process of delivery and in 2016 will be shipped more units 6-7. The names of the customers were not disclosed, but it is easy to imagine that some of them are Intel and TSMC. So, before it became known that an unnamed American manufacturer has ordered at 15 ASML EUV-scanners.
According to ASML, experimental EUV-production factories deployed on clients, proven ability to work with the new scanners capacity 1000 plates per day. The aim for 2016 was to increase capacity up to 1250 plates per day. Sounds good, that's just a continuous run of equipment in a test mode for four weeks showed that the rate of production in this case is reduced to 535 plates per day. For the commercially viable production, the continuous performance shall be not less than 2,000 plates per day.
10 nm and 7 nm, apparently can work without the use of EUV-scanners. Manufacture of 5 nm TSMC company, for example, would like to start using the new equipment. Tentatively it has to happen in 2019. Theoretically, this time ASML EUV-scanners can reach the level of 2000 plates per day, but experience shows that they do not maintain permanent long loads.
Separately, it must be said that ASML announces plans for mass deliveries in the second quarter of conventional scanners for the production of 10-nanometer semiconductors. It is also marked by customer interest in producing a non-volatile memory such as "X-Point". Related Products :
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