[HN Gopher] Intel's 14A Magic Bullet: Directed Self-Assembly (DSA)
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       Intel's 14A Magic Bullet: Directed Self-Assembly (DSA)
        
       Author : rbanffy
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2024-04-19 19:56 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.semianalysis.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.semianalysis.com)
        
       | Workaccount2 wrote:
       | Fantastic article with a $500 paywall halfway through. oof.
        
         | mensetmanusman wrote:
         | Most valuable information is hidden behind walls :)
        
       | j_walter wrote:
       | >Customers will use 18A to dip their toes in the Intel waters
       | with less critical chips that are not core to their business
       | 
       | Yeah...how many customers will use the most advanced tech for
       | "less critical chips". The real question is not whether Intel's
       | tech works...it's if they can mass produce it efficiently. 7nm
       | worked just fine on a chip by chip basis...but they struggled for
       | years on getting the yield and output to place where customers
       | would want it.
        
         | deeth_starr_v wrote:
         | Agreed. Intel has pulled some amazing rabbits out of their hat
         | over the years when they fell behind. I want to believe. If
         | they pull it off this will be an amazing reinvention. But we
         | have to be honest the smart money is probably on Intel being
         | fabless when 18A and 14A drags on and they need to rely on TSMC
        
       | abecedarius wrote:
       | Keeps referring to high-NA and low-NA. What's NA? (Numerical
       | aperture is all that comes to mind.)
        
         | ohazi wrote:
         | Numerical aperture
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_aperture
        
           | abecedarius wrote:
           | Heh, edit jinx. This answer leaves me almost as at sea, so I
           | guess my time's not best spent on this article. Thanks.
        
         | tester756 wrote:
         | In optics, the numerical aperture (NA) of an optical system is
         | a dimensionless number that characterizes the range of angles
         | over which the system can accept or emit light.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_aperture
        
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