[coolgod]

> No company can make the 5nm litho systems today, and catching up with the decades of R&D they've invested is not feasible. They are the greatest achievement of science and technology on the planet. [0]

Those are some huge claims, which could have previously been said for many currently outdated technologies.

[11thEarlOfMar]

This truism is known to ASML as well, and they are ramping R&D spending to maintain or expand their lead. [0]

Just as an example, the dimension of the features their tool prints are smaller than the wavelength of light that is actually doing the printing.

[0] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1100162/randd-costs-of-a...

[xadhominemx]

No one else is even trying