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0:00 The Machine That Saved Mooreโs Law
3:12 How are microchips made?
9:11 What is extreme ultraviolet lithography?
15:04 Nuclear Fusion To The Rescue
21:59 How ASML Conquered The Chip World
35:35 Who are ASMLโs biggest customers?
37:40 The Most Important Tech Company In The World
41:25 Inside ASML
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A big thank you to Marc Assinck, Jos Benschop, Jan van Schoot, and Jayson Stewart and the rest of the team at ASML.
We are also incredibly grateful to Vivek Bakshi, Andy Hawryluk, Marc Hijink, Asianometry & Claude Montcalm for their time and expertise.
If you want to learn more about ASML and how they developed EUV, check out Marc Hijnk's book โFocus: The ASML wayโ -
https://focus-dewereldvanasml.nl/
Explore the Asianometry channel (including a wealth of EUV videos) here -
https://www.youtube.com/@Asianometry
See Jayson Stewartโs article on the EUV light source and supernovas here -
https://spectrum.ieee.org/euv-light-source
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References:
https://ve42.co/ASMLRefs
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Writers: Sulli Yost, Casper Mebius & Derek Muller
Producer and Director: Sulli Yost
Presenters: Derek Muller & Casper Mebius
Editor: Trenton Oliver
Additional Editors: Spencer Wright, James Stuart & Peter Nelson
Animators: Andrew Neet, Emma Wright, Fabio Albertelli, & Mike Radjabov
Camera Operators: Sulli Yost, Richard van Rijn, Derek Muller & Casper Mebius
Researchers: Gabe Strong, Callum Cuttle & Aakash Singh Bagga
Thumbnail Designers: Ren Hurley, Ben Powell & Abdallah Rabah
Production Team: Josh Pitt, Matthew Cavanagh, Anna Milkovic & Katy Southwood
Executive Producers: Casper Mebius & Derek Muller
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