Comments by "Scott Franco" (@scottfranco1962) on "Why 157nm Lithography Failed" video.

  1. Well good news and bad news, Joe. Good news is all the freaking money in the world is available for you complete this project. Bad news is everyone in the company is watching if you succeed, and nobody is even sure its possible. Good talk. Meeting at 11am.
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  2. knock-on ef·fect noun a secondary, indirect, or cumulative effect. "a decline in butterflies would have a knock-on effect on other British species"
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  3. Two short factoids: 1. IBM thought X ray lithography was the way to go and failed (ultrashort wavelengths). They may have just been to early. 2. How do they even know the next generation chips are even possible? Test chips can be created (slowly) by using scanning electron beams. Electrons have a really short wavelength. There is no mask used, each step on the chip is done by scanning it. Hence it is slow, but works for lab use.
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