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Researched1986-1997 · Atomic & Space Age (1945 – 1990)

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EUV Lithography Proof of Concept

NTT's Kinoshita shows EUV imaging with multilayer mirrors in 1986, and in 1997 Intel and US national labs form the EUV LLC to build a machine.

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Hiroo Kinoshita reported the first focused EUV images at a Japanese meeting in 1986. The EUV LLC consortium led by Intel with Lawrence Livermore, Berkeley and Sandia built an engineering test stand and then handed the work over to toolmakers.

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