Explained: The unbelievably complex process of making semiconductor chips
The news of Foxconn-Vedanta's $19.5 billion semiconductor deal falling apart may be a temporary setback for India, striving to achieve its vision of becoming a major global hub in semiconductor manufacturing over the next decade. However, catching up with the global majors and setting up infrastructure may need more than a robust ecosystem, especially since it comes in the face of deteriorating demand for chips, particularly high-end, as the global economy contracts. Making the chips is an unbelievably complex and specialised process
Curated By: Madhu Kapparath
A file photo of employees working on a lithography machine at the ASML Holding NV factory in Veldhoven, Netherlands. ASML, a Dutch company, has a complete hold over the global semiconductor industry, being the only one in the world that owns the technology and makes the machinery to cut and slice thin chips out of silicon wafers physically. ASML is already working on a new generation of lithography machine called high-NA-EUV, which will allow chipmakers to make 2nm processors and mark a major milestone in chip production.
