This $380 million machine might make your new Intel CPU
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This $380 million machine might make your new Intel CPU

Unboxing videos don't come much grander than this. Intel has just taken delivery of a new high numerical aperture extreme ultra violet lithography tool - yes‚ that very one - at its new CPU fabrication plant being built in Oregon. What's more‚ it's kindly documented the process for those of us that aren't in the business of buying $380 million bits of machinery. The high-NA EUV lithography tool is a variant of a key part of the process by which all of the best gaming CPUs are manufactured - for both AMD and Intel. It's the stage that projects the circuit layout onto the silicon wafer in order for further etching/deposition processes to then be performed on that silicon‚ allowing for the multi-billion transistor circuits of modern chips to be created. Continue reading This $380 million machine might make your new Intel CPU MORE FROM PCGAMESN: Core i5 14600K review‚ Best gaming CPU‚ Core i9 14900K review