[HN Gopher] ASML Twinscan EXE:5000 Lego Set
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       ASML Twinscan EXE:5000 Lego Set
        
       Author : ksec
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2024-11-29 12:55 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (asmlstore.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (asmlstore.com)
        
       | gautamcgoel wrote:
       | This is amazing! Does anyone know if it uses any custom pieces,
       | or are all of the pieces standard Lego pieces?
        
         | smokel wrote:
         | It says "Original Lego parts" on the page.
         | 
         | Apparently, it was created by Rick Lenssen [1], who works at
         | the Development & Engineering department of ASML. It seems more
         | likely that he used existing bricks, instead of molding new
         | ones.
         | 
         | [1] https://ricklenssen.com/
        
           | nicholasbraker wrote:
           | With that surname working for ASML must be a dream job ;-)
        
             | throwup238 wrote:
             | Nominative determinism strikes again.
        
       | Y_Y wrote:
       | Not available in China
        
         | dano wrote:
         | Ha ha, too funny.
        
           | chvid wrote:
           | Export prohibited under the Wassenaar arrangement but ...
           | where are all the pieces made?
        
         | mud_dauber wrote:
         | Vastly underrated. Props.
        
       | itsthecourier wrote:
       | USD227
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       | Not happy, yet had to buy it. so cool.
        
       | qwertyuiop_ wrote:
       | This is peak "2000"
        
       | jesse9766 wrote:
       | https://bricksworld.eu/gb/46-asml-building-sets
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       | There seems to be a model of the ASML TWINSCAN NXE3400C which
       | shows the inner workings, but doesn't show on the ASML site.
       | Would be neat if someone could track down the build instructions.
       | 
       | https://asmlstore.com/collections/ready-to-ship/products/twi...
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       | There is another set available on their site.
        
       | thih9 wrote:
       | Context - it's a Lego model of a machine used to produce computer
       | chips:
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       | > The TWINSCAN EXE:5000 is the first 0.55 NA, or 'High NA', EUV
       | lithography system. Its 8 nm resolution will enable chipmakers to
       | print with a single exposure features 1.7 times smaller - and
       | therefore achieve transistor densities 2.9 times higher - than
       | those possible using TWINSCAN NXE systems.
       | 
       | https://www.asml.com/en/products/euv-lithography-systems/twi...
        
       | danparsonson wrote:
       | Fly-through promotional render of the real thing:
       | https://youtu.be/h_zgURwr6nA
       | 
       | Incredible technology - the light-source works by generating
       | droplets of molten tin, firing them through a chamber at around
       | (IIRC) 200mph, and hitting each droplet with two laser pulses...
       | at 50kHz.
       | 
       | How they achieve that using Lego is beyond me.
        
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