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How TSMC managed to increase efficiency of ASML's EUV tools: System-level optimizations and in-house pellicles —chipmaker boosted EUV-driven wafer production by 30x over six years while reducing power consumption by 24%

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(Image credit: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.) TSMC is by far the largest operator of ASML's EUV lithography tools in the industry, with a second-to-none supply chain of both hardware and raw materials. The company's requirements for EUV pellicles (a thin membrane that protects the photomask, which acts as a stencil for chip patterns) have gotten incredibly high. The requirements are so extreme that TSMC intends to retrofit one of…
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How TSMC managed to increase efficiency of ASML's EUV tools: System-level optimizations and in-house pellicles —chipmaker boosted EUV-driven wafer production by 30x over six years while reducing power consumption by 24%

TSMC has dramatically boosted EUV scanner throughput, pellicle performance, and energy efficiency through deep in-house innovations.

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