http://semimd.com/blog/2012/09/20/dsa-high-stakes-game-of-alphabet-soup/ Deep Insights for Chip Builders Thu, 25 Apr 2013 16:16:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://semimd.com/blog/2012/09/20/dsa-high-stakes-game-of-alphabet-soup/#comment-30637 Diogenes Cicero Fri, 21 Sep 2012 16:46:49 +0000 http://semimd.com/?p=7010#comment-30637 How many shiny new pennies will this industry chase? They all seem to inevitably fit the "nice from far but far from nice" paradigm. We've seen about a dozen since optical was supposed to run out of gas a decade or two ago. In every case, these shiny new pennies required a fundamental change in either source, resist, and/or mask, and consequently failed. Are there any shiny new pennies which use optical resists, masks and sources? Quad patterning optical and imprint. How many shiny new pennies will this industry chase? They all seem to inevitably fit the “nice from far but far from nice” paradigm. We’ve seen about a dozen since optical was supposed to run out of gas a decade or two ago. In every case, these shiny new pennies required a fundamental change in either source, resist, and/or mask, and consequently failed. Are there any shiny new pennies which use optical resists, masks and sources? Quad patterning optical and imprint.

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