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        abecedarius wrote 8 hours 56 min ago:
        Keeps referring to high-NA and low-NA. What's NA? (Numerical aperture
        is all that comes to mind.)
       
          tester756 wrote 8 hours 54 min ago:
          In optics, the numerical aperture (NA) of an optical system is a
          dimensionless number that characterizes the range of angles over
          which the system can accept or emit light.
          
   URI    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_aperture
       
          ohazi wrote 8 hours 55 min ago:
          Numerical aperture
          
   URI    [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numerical_aperture
       
            abecedarius wrote 8 hours 52 min ago:
            Heh, edit jinx. This answer leaves me almost as at sea, so I guess
            my time's not best spent on this article. Thanks.
       
        j_walter wrote 9 hours 2 min ago:
        >Customers will use 18A to dip their toes in the Intel waters with less
        critical chips that are not core to their business
        
        Yeah...how many customers will use the most advanced tech for "less
        critical chips".  The real question is not whether Intel's tech
        works...it's if they can mass produce it efficiently.  7nm worked just
        fine on a chip by chip basis...but they struggled for years on getting
        the yield and output to place where customers would want it.
       
          deeth_starr_v wrote 8 hours 42 min ago:
          Agreed. Intel has pulled some amazing rabbits out of their hat over
          the years when they fell behind. I want to believe. If they pull it
          off this will be an amazing reinvention. But we have to be honest the
          smart money is probably on Intel being fabless when 18A and 14A drags
          on and they need to rely on TSMC
       
        Workaccount2 wrote 9 hours 45 min ago:
        Fantastic article with a $500 paywall halfway through. oof.
       
          mensetmanusman wrote 9 hours 27 min ago:
          Most valuable information is hidden behind walls :)
       
       
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