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Chinese researchers make EUV breakthrough (scmp.com)
8 points by givemeethekeys 10 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


If I understand it correctly they achieved a conversion efficiency of 3.42% for a less efficient technique that is not used by ASML for producing EUV. Seems it is more like making progress than a breakthrough. A good light source is essential, but building a machine comparable with the ASML machines requires a lot of engineering in other areas as well.


The article seems to concentrate on efficiency, which surely isn't an important constraint in this application (for EUV light generation).

Typically when a technology doesn't meet a critical constraint, the marketing will laud some other less important attribute.





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