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The AI era needs ever faster chips. ASML has a monopoly on the expensive contraptions needed to pattern them. Can anyone catch up?

Open Artwork System Interchange Standard
12 May 2026
en.wikipedia.org

file format used for specification of data structures for photomask production

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This blog looks at the details of how Synopsys IC Validator can overcome the advanced node physical verification bottleneck.

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Lace, a Norway-headquartered chipmaking equipment startup which is backed by Microsoft, has raised $40 million in funding to ‌further develop a technology that could enable significant advances in semiconductor design and manufacturing, the company said on Monday.

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Modeling, simulation, and digital twins enable EUV innovation.

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The discussion of any particular lithographic application often refers to…

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Faster masks, less power.

On how to reduce transistor capacitance at the 5nm node using a source/drain contact recess.

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TSMC is moving to production with the NVIDIA cuLitho computational lithography platform to accelerate manufacturing of advanced semiconductor chips.