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Science 3 August 2001:
Vol. 293. no. 5531, pp. 785 - 786
DOI: 10.1126/science.293.5531.785
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NANOCOMPUTING:
Optical Lithography Goes to Extremes--And Beyond

Robert F. Service

LIVERMORE, CALIFORNIA--In search of ever finer detail, chipmakers are pushing conventional printing techniques toward the physical limits of light. In April, researchers gathered here to unveil a machine that uses extreme ultraviolet light to print features on chips. The new machine has already created features as small as 80 nanometers across on silicon wafers; ultimately, researchers argue, the technology will be able to turn out features as small as 10 nanometers, nearly the same scale as molecular electronic devices.

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