Intel invests $2.1 billion in tools maker ASML to enable smaller chip circuits

09.07.2012

EUV has a wavelength in the 10-nm range, Brookwood said.

"So you're going from using this big wavelength to decreasing it by a factor of eight. You have a much finer point to create these images on the wafer," Brookwood said.

Intel's investment in ASML's R&D is a smart move as it will result in cost savings over time by helping it move to 450-mm wafers, Brookwood said.