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So all the sub-20 nm advertising for EUV was phony, I knew it.
London Calling: Mirror, mirror on the EUV machine
Peter Clarke
8/3/2012 2:51 AM EDT
Cymer is the brightest of them all
Right now Cymer Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) is the leading supplier of a source for ASML EUV lithography systems. The company recently posted its 2Q12 financial results in which it made a net income of $9.6 million on sales revenue of $149.3 million compared to revenue of $158.2 million in the second quarter of 2011, and revenue of $150.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.
Sales and profits were all down slightly on sequential and year-on-year bases but that could turnaround when it starts shipping some very expensive sources for EUV machines.
The company said it is continuing with development and commercialization of EUV sources and demonstrated improved expose power performance and collector lifetimes and the viability of collector refurbishment.
Cymer’s EUV sources are now said to deliver a reliable 50 W output at a duty cycle of 40 percent. Not quite enough for ASML and its customers but the laboratory Cymer is said to have demonstrated 158 watt EUV source with a CO2 drive laser.
Cymer has begun integration and testing of its first source for the NXE:3300 EUV machine. As ASML has orders for 15 of the giant expensive machines it is Cymer's race to lose.
Related links and articles:
www.zeiss.com
www.cymer.com
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ASML says fast EUV machines coming by 2016
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Right now Cymer Inc. (San Diego, Calif.) is the leading supplier of a source for ASML EUV lithography systems. The company recently posted its 2Q12 financial results in which it made a net income of $9.6 million on sales revenue of $149.3 million compared to revenue of $158.2 million in the second quarter of 2011, and revenue of $150.5 million in the first quarter of 2012.
Sales and profits were all down slightly on sequential and year-on-year bases but that could turnaround when it starts shipping some very expensive sources for EUV machines.
The company said it is continuing with development and commercialization of EUV sources and demonstrated improved expose power performance and collector lifetimes and the viability of collector refurbishment.
Cymer’s EUV sources are now said to deliver a reliable 50 W output at a duty cycle of 40 percent. Not quite enough for ASML and its customers but the laboratory Cymer is said to have demonstrated 158 watt EUV source with a CO2 drive laser.
Cymer has begun integration and testing of its first source for the NXE:3300 EUV machine. As ASML has orders for 15 of the giant expensive machines it is Cymer's race to lose.
Related links and articles:
www.zeiss.com
www.cymer.com
News articles:
London Calling: Intel, Delfassy back gesture firm
ASML says fast EUV machines coming by 2016
EUV startup in talks with ASML, seeks $5 million
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resistion
8/3/2012 4:15 AM EDT
So all the sub-20 nm advertising for EUV was phony, I knew it.
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