[whazor]

> EUV has been waiting in the wings for about 10 years now, always just a few months away from commercial viability. This is the best sign yet that ASML's EUV tech is finally ready for primetime.

This is the real message, because creating 5nm chips was already possible[1]. However, creating them massively on scale with the ASML EUV machines is the real challenge.

[1] https://www.semiwiki.com/forum/content/5080-imec-cadence-dis...

[davidf18]

It is possible/probable that these processes are used by NSA/DARPA, military applications. In many of these situations performance well trumps volume/cost issues.

[Nokinside]

Not really. NSA/DARPA have no need for small batches of very expensive circuits manufactured with 5 nm.

They need large volumes of cost effective processors as well. Manufacturing their own special purpose asics with older technology is more likely.