People are always asking “What should I expect when I start designing at 20nm using double patterning?” It’s a good question, but in many real aspects, the answer is “It depends,” and that is not very ...

The challenges of double pattering (DP)-based design are looming large to those customers starting to move to the 20 nm technology node. Of course, much of the fear and trepidation is simply due to it ...

Double patterning is a class of technologies developed for photolithography to enhance the feature density of computer chips. The resolution of a photoresist pattern begins to blur at around 45 nm ...

Double patterning looks like being the lithography tool of choice at 32nm, but how do you absorb the inevitable extra costs of a double lithography process? According to Applied Materials, the world’s ...

TSMC is planning to adopt double patterning extensively at 20nm, despite the high cost of doing so. Why? Because EUV hasn't come through. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in ...

SAN FRANCISCO — Amid probable delays for extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, ASML, Canon and Nikon are updating their roadmaps, racing each other to capitalize on the shift towards ...

According to Applied Materials, it is. As 32 nm technologies ramp within the next two years, the extension of optical lithography to meet patterning requirements is the industry’s most urgent ...