ASML Holding NV said it started shipping major parts of the first of its newest chipmaking machine to Intel Corp.
The state-of-the-art system, called “high-NA extreme ultraviolet,” was shipped to Intel’s D1X factory in Oregon, said people familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity. Intel and ASML spokespeople did not comment on the system’s destination.
The technology has huge significance for both companies, which are among the most important in the semiconductor business. Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger promised his company would receive the first of this new type of machine, showing his commitment to returning to the forefront of manufacturing technology. ASML, for its part, is rolling out the new technique with the goal of keeping the chip industry dependent on its gear.
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Intel plans to begin production with the system in 2025, ASML said in a statement last year. D1X is a facility where Intel develops and perfects future production techniques.
ASML is the world’s top maker of lithography systems, machines that perform a crucial step in the process of creating semiconductors. It is the only producer of extreme ultraviolet lithography machines used by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電), Samsung Electronics Co and Intel for the most advanced fabrication.
“We’re excited and proud to ship our first high NA EUV system to Intel,” ASML said on Thursday in a post on X, formerly Twitter.
The first model of ASML’s high-NA extreme ultraviolet lithography machine — the Twinscan EXE:5200 — is to be priced at about 250 million euros (US$275.03 million), Oddo BHF analysts said in a note earlier this month.
The second generation of the high-NA EUV machine, dubbed EXE:5200B, is to have higher productivity and a price tag of more than 350 million euros, the analysts said after a meeting with the company.
ASML charges about US$180 million for its top-end machines.
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