Belgium’s imec secures rare ASML High NA EUV tool to drive next-generation chips

LEUVEN, Belgium: Belgian chip research lab imec said on Wednesday it has secured an ASML $400-million High NA EUV lithography machine–one of ‌fewer than a ⁠dozen worldwide–cementing ⁠its role in preparing next-generation chipmaking tools for industry use.

ASML customers, including Intel and SK Hynix, are preparing to use High NA tools–which promise much smaller chip circuitry–to make new AI logic and high bandwidth memory chips as early as 2027.