#chip lithography

ASML preps new $400 million machine to create next-generation chips

ASML, a semiconductor industry and stock market giant is now preparing to roll out a new $400 million machine for next-generation chips which it hopes will be its flagship by the late 2020s but for now remains an engineering challenge. An optical system is prepared for testing in a vacuum chamber at Carl Zeiss SMT in Oberkochen, Germany, in this undated handout photo. Zeiss is developing optical…