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To: w0z who wrote (6307)10/19/2002 12:41:43 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 95479
 
RE: "The consequence of this wall is that power increases exponentially as you go to smaller geometries than .01um."

I am a little confused. The state-of-the-art in production is 0.13um and the R & D is working on moving to 0.09um. I read that the first EUV lithography tool is targeting 45 nanometers or 0.045um. What is the current significance of 0.01um challenges? I guess I am not certain what "um" refers to. Microns? Nanometers?