It’s not every day we get to see the tiny world that exists beyond our vision, but that’s what the Nikon Small World in Motion competition is all about. This is the 14th year of the competition, where past winners revealed extraordinary insights into things like the stomach contents of a termite, human cells fusing and dying during … Read more
ASML dominates the global market for lithography systems, complex tools that use lasers to help create the tiny circuitry of semiconductors. It is the only maker of lithography systems using extreme ultraviolet (EUV) wavelengths, needed by TSMC to make the most complex processors for smartphones and AI chips. Christophe Fouquet took over as president and … Read more
Cameras, even those in phones, brag about megapixels and lens specifications — but laptops? Not so much. There’s a reason computer companies don’t say much about the webcams that come built into the bezels of their screens. Most of these cameras are low-quality, with tiny sensors and cheap lenses. Sure, they work for basic videoconferencing, … Read more
China’s imports of critical chip-making lithography systems from the Netherlands surged 1,050 per cent by value in November, in a sign that domestic semiconductor firms are not yet cut off from receiving orders on certain advanced equipment in the wake of tightened US export rules. China imported 16 of the Dutch projection systems valued at … Read more
