It’s the most indispensable machine in the world—and it depends on this woman

It’s the most indispensable machine in the world—and it depends on this woman

I got a rare look at the one tool responsible for all the tech in your life. It’s made by a company you’ve never heard of. And it’s maintained by hidden figures like her.

The Most Important Machine in the World

And it depends on this woman. "I thought I had the coolest job ever," Hall says. "I didn't process the fact that this job is necessary for our entire world to exist as it does."The piece of equipment that the entire world has come to rely on—and she is specially trained to handle—is called an extreme ultraviolet lithography machine. Even today, there are only a few hundred of these EUV machines in existence—and they are ludicrously expensive. Th…