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Yes, the web site is all effects, no content. It's like an old Flash site.

E-beam machines work fine for prototyping. People have been doing that since the 1970s. But they're slow. It's a prototyping technology. The sort of thing that "3D print everything" people like. E-beam machines with many beams have been mentioned, but never seemed to be worth it.

There are companies which offer E-beam IC fab as a service. Some cater to DoD and the intelligence community.[2] (That's for when you really can't trust your supply chain and want your own ICs fabbed.) Others are more commercial, but are in China.[3]

They claim to be building all the machines needed for a fab. But they don't have a list, or pictures. There's a used market in that gear, and no reason to build it all yourself.

It's not a fundamentally bad idea, but the hype is strong here.

[1] https://www.machinio.com/semiconductors

[2] https://www.hrl.com/laboratories/mtl

[3] https://en.omedasemi.com/electron_beam_lithography.html