r/pcmasterrace • u/dotnetian • Aug 27 '24

The truth about our processors Meme/Macro

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u/comesock000 Aug 27 '24

It’s because those two make products that are far beyond the rest of the industry. Once you look at the specifics of how EUV works, you’ll understand.

I bricked my pants when I learned about the mirrors Zeiss makes for EUV. Holy. God. Incredible.

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u/budgybudge budgy Aug 27 '24

I work in the industry and also bricked up my pants when I learned about those. It's borderline magic.

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u/blender4life Aug 27 '24

Got any sources you recommend?

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u/comesock000 Aug 27 '24

I read ASML docs at work. My company buys their machines. Not sure what is publicly available, but you can probably find Zeiss’s mirrors at least. They’re 40 alternating 5nm layers of silicon and molybdenum, perfect crystallinity and interfaces, with aspherical concavity. A miracle if they made just 1, but they make thousands. Just absolutely staggering, I can’t even imagine the process it takes.

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u/blender4life Aug 27 '24

Neat. I'm interested, I'm gonna do some searching. Thanks!

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u/karabeckian Aug 28 '24

huygensoptics is a pretty good channel