World's 1st Commercial Laser-Driven Compact Particle Accelerator Technology Could Transform Chip Fabrication

About this episode

Pat Hindle discusses with Herbie Smith the transformative potential of TAU Systems' laser-driven compact particle accelerator technology for semiconductor manufacturing.

Pat Hindle talks with Herbie Smith of TAU Systems about the the world's first commercial laser-driven compact particle accelerator technology from TAU Systems that could fundamentally transform semiconductor manufacturing economics while enabling the next generation of chip fabrication. It would replace the light source on very large and expensive EUV systems currently defining the smallest geometries for high-performance ICs.

People in this episode

Host: Pat Hindle

Guest: Herbie Smith

Topics covered

• laser-driven technology
• particle accelerator
• chip fabrication
• semiconductor manufacturing
• EUV systems
• technology transformation

Keywords

• laser-driven
• compact particle accelerator
• chip fabrication
• semiconductor
• EUV systems
• technology
• manufacturing

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: TAU Systems, EUV systems, semiconductor manufacturing

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