PI's new nanopositioning technology advancement initiative
supports EU-funded project.
KARLSRUHE, Germany, April 17,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- 14ACMOS, a new, EU-funded
development project for the next semiconductor technology node, is
expected to enable the production of chip structures with
dimensions down to 14 angstroms (1.4 nanometers). Physik
Instrumente (PI) is participating in the research program by
developing ultra-high precision nanopositioning systems with
accuracies better than one millionth of a millimeter.
High-end microchips manufactured using 3 nanometer technology
are the current state of the art. Production technologies for the
2nm technology node are expected to be available as early as next
year and for 1.4 nm, i.e., 14 angstroms, by 2027. The 95-million-euro research project 14ACMOS is
co-funded by the European Union and supported by the "Joint
Undertaking for Chips" (Chips JU). It brings together the know-how
and development expertise of Europe's leading suppliers to the
semiconductor industry. The project, which involves twenty-five
partners from six countries, is coordinated by ASML, the Dutch
world leader in lithography systems for semiconductor
manufacturing.
PI has been a system partner to the semiconductor industry for
decades and is represented worldwide with nanometer precision
motion and positioning systems in a wide range of applications
related to semiconductor production. Examples include lithography,
metrology, quality control and beam delivery. The nanopositioning
systems to be developed as part of the 14ACMOS project must
function under vacuum conditions reliably and with very high
dynamics to be economically viable.
This project is co-funded by the European Union under grant
agreement No 101096772 and is supported by the Chips Joint
Undertaking and its members. More information about the 14ACMOS
project
The angstrom scale is often used to describe atomic distances.
One angstrom is equal to one ten millionth of a millimeter or 0.1
nanometers (nm). For comparison: A human hair is about 80,000
nanometers thick, and diameter of the smallest atom (hydrogen) is
about 0.5 angstroms.
Moore's Law Still Valid
The ongoing miniaturization of semiconductor structures, commonly
known as Moore's Law, dictates that the number of electronic
circuits doubles approximately every 18 months. This trend was
first forecasted by Gordon Moore,
co-founder of Intel, back in 1965.
Higher transistor counts on the next generation chips will
provide greater computing power to satisfy the needs of AI
applications, self-learning algorithms, and autonomous
vehicles.
More information on PI's nanopositioning and motion control
solutions for the semiconductor industry
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