Container maker VRR delivered its largest-ever freight container to chip maker ASML last week. The container, along with two pre-made ones, will be used to transport ASML’s TWINSCAN EXE:5200 wafer maker to Intel’s chip factories.
Intel placed an order for the new TWINSCAN from ASML earlier this year. With the ‘High NA EUV’ technology (where NA stands for ‘numerical aperture’ and EUV ‘extreme ultraviolet’), the machine can produce more than 200 wafers per hour. The higher aperture of 0.55 enables TWINSCAN to produce wafers with higher precision, resulting in even smaller circuits and ultimately higher chip performance. Intel plans to start producing 0.55-NA wafers in 2025.
It will be a heavy machine because each container must be able to support the weight of a London double-decker bus. It’s also over 7 meters long, 3 meters wide, and consists of about 30,000 pieces, all three of which.
So the idea is to ship ASML’s new wafer making machines in containers to Intel. Three of them must be able to fit in the cargo area of a B747F aircraft. What happened to the containers after that is unknown, but earlier this week rumors were still circulating about a visit from Samsung vice president Lee Jae-yong, who may also have ASML machines in mind.
Source: VRR
Source: Hardware Info
