What comes after today’s most advanced lithography tools?

At #SPIElitho, experts outlined two possible paths forward: pushing numerical aperture even higher or moving to dramatically shorter wavelengths. 💡

Learn more about these presentations from #SPIElitho 2026: spie.org/news/novel-p...

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We are so grateful to have @applied-materials.bsky.social as a long-time sponsor of #SPIELitho!

As a leading #semiconductor + display equipment company, #AppliedMaterials delivers material innovation that changes the world. 🌐

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Congratulations to the 2026 #SPIE Nick Cobb Memorial Scholarship recipient, Shilong Zhang, PhD candidate at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. 🎉

We're excited to see him accept his award at #SPIELitho!💡

Read the press release here: https://bit.ly/4rzhh3f

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Celebrate 50 years of #SPIElitho with us in San Jose! 🥳

Join your community and learn the latest advances in optical lithography, EUVL, metrology, and process integration for semiconductor manufacturing.💡

Learn more and register here: https://bit.ly/4a8tVkl

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Calling all researchers in optical and EUV lithography: the SPIE Advanced Lithography + Patterning 2026 call for papers is open now, with abstracts due 10 September!

Share your research at this leading #semiconductor conference in San Jose: spie.org/conferences...

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Join us on 22 August 2025 to hear from Aki Fujimura of D2S as he presents on curvilinear masks. ⚛️💡

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#SPIElitho showcased AI’s growing role in #semiconductor manufacturing.

With the market set to surpass $1 trillion by 2030, AI-driven innovations from #ASML, #imec, and #NVIDIA are improving chip quality, process efficiency, and yield.

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AI’s explosive growth demands more power, but new lithography approaches and in-memory computing are cutting energy use.

IBM’s Nelson Felix shows how 3D transistor stacking + quantum computing could revolutionize problem-solving beyond classical capabilities. #SPIElitho

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