Improving photolithography resolution helps advance miniaturization of computer chips

https://phys.org/news/2024-08-photolithography-chips-potential-smaller.html

"denser circuit patterns... type of light used in fabrication crucial for miniaturization, smaller wavelengths enable more tightly packed image structures... extreme UV wavelength 13.5 nm exceeded exposing indirectly rather than directly, achieving 5nm resolution (conductive track separations), exhibiting high contrast and sharp edges, in single exposure... available by end of 2025... autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, 5G"

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