Malo ofufuzira ku Belgium Imec anadzitama Kugula sikirini yaposachedwa ya ASML ya EUV—TWINSCAN EXE:5200 yokhala ndi chivundikiro cha manambala cha 0,55. Sikiriniyi ipereka mawonekedwe osayerekezeka opangira ma semiconductor, zomwe zimatsimikizira kufunikira kwakukulu kwa ukadaulo uwu kuchokera kwa opanga ma chip. Izi zilola Europe kupitilizabe kukhala wopereka ukadaulo wa njira, monga momwe zakhalira m'zaka makumi angapo zapitazi.
Chojambulira chatsopanochi chidzapitirira mphamvu ya kuwala ya machitidwe a EUV omwe ali ndi NA ya 0,33 ndipo chidzaperekanso mphamvu yowonjezera ya wafer processing, kukhazikika kwa magwiridwe antchito, komanso liwiro la ntchito. Dongosololi lidzayikidwa mu chipinda chotsukira cha 300mm cha Imec cha wafer processing ndipo lidzakhala ngati gawo lalikulu la mzere woyeserera wa NanoIC, wopangidwa kuti ufulumizitse chitukuko ndi kutsimikizira ukadaulo wopanga ma chip a sub-2 nm ndikuyambitsa nthawi ya Ångström.
Kugula kwa Imec chimodzi mwa zinthu zochepa zoterezi padziko lonse lapansi kukuwonetsanso utsogoleri wa opanga ukadaulo wa njira ku Europe pokonzekera chilengedwe cha semiconductor padziko lonse lapansi kuti chikhale cha m'badwo wotsatira wa kupanga logic ndi kukumbukira.
Ubwino waukadaulo wa makina a high-numeric aperture (High-NA) EUV ndi monga kuthekera kosindikiza nyumba zazing'ono pang'onopang'ono, kupangitsa kuti njira zikhale zosavuta, kuchepetsa ndalama, komanso kuwonjezera phindu poyerekeza ndi njira ya multi-step masking (multi-projection) ya ma scanner am'mbuyomu. Dongosolo la EXE:5200 limapereka mphamvu yowonjezera, kulondola bwino kwa mawonekedwe, komanso kugwirizana ndi zinthu zatsopano zotsutsa kuwala (kuphatikizapo metal oxide photoresists), zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri popanga ma transistor arrays a ultra-dense.
Kwa zaka ziwiri zapitazi, Imec ndi ASML agwira ntchito limodzi kwambiri pa labu yolumikizana ya High-NA EUV ku Veldhoven, Netherlands, komwe mbiri yapadziko lonse yokhudza kutsimikiza kwa mizere yapezeka kale—mwachitsanzo, mizere ya 16 nm m'lifupi idapangidwa kamodzi kokha. Tsopano, zonsezi zidzabwerezedwanso ku Imec pa mizere yapafupi ndi yamalonda, zomwe zimabweretsa kafukufukuyu ku mafakitale ndikuphatikizidwa kwathunthu mu unyolo wopereka zinthu zopangira, kukonza, ndi metrology.
Dongosolo la EXE:5200 likuyembekezeka kugwira ntchito mokwanira pofika kotala lachinayi la 2026. Mpaka nthawi imeneyo, kafukufuku wa High-NA EUV apitiliza ku labu yolumikizana ya ASML-Imec ku Veldhoven, kuonetsetsa kuti ntchito ikupitilizabe kwa onse awiri. Malo a Imec alola chilengedwe (opanga ma chip otsogola, ogulitsa zida, ndi ogulitsa zinthu) kupeza mwayi woyambira komanso wokwanira waukadaulo wa m'badwo wotsatira. Izi ndizofunikira kwambiri pakupanga ma accelerator a AI osagwiritsa ntchito mphamvu zambiri, kukumbukira kwakukulu, ndi ntchito zina zomwe zimafuna miniaturization yayikulu.
Kufunika kwa chochitikachi kukugogomezeredwa ndi mgwirizano wapafupi wa Imec ndi ASML, thandizo lochokera ku European Union, maboma a Belgium ndi Dutch, komanso ndalama kudzera mu mapulogalamu a Digital Europe ndi Horizon Europe. Kupeza dongosolo lamtengo wapatali komanso lapadera lotere (dongosolo lililonse likuyerekezeredwa kuti lidzawononga madola mamiliyoni ambiri) kumatsimikizira udindo wa Imec ngati njira yofunika kwambiri kwa makampani mu "nthawi ya angstrom." Ukadaulo wa High-NA EUV ukukhala maziko ofutukula Moore's Law kupitirira 2 nm, zomwe zimathandiza kukulitsa ndalama zotsika mtengo ndikutsegulira njira yopita ku ma chips a A10/A7 ndi kupitirira apo, zomwe ndizofunikira kwambiri pa mpikisano wa Europe pa mpikisano wapadziko lonse wa semiconductor.
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Source: 3dnews.ru
