Intel’s high-aperture NA EUV wafer processing capacity has exceeded one million pieces, and the performance of Panther Lake’s key layers meets standards
2026-09-09 08:00Chips & Hardware🔥 47.3 heat score
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On September 9, 2026, Intel announced that the total number of wafers processed using High-NA EUV technology had exceeded 1 million. This figure includes equipment certification, testing and research, as well as the mass production of certain products, marking the official transition of this technology from laboratory validation to actual production lines. Currently, Intel has deployed at least three high-NA EUV lithography machines in Oregon for the production of some Intel 18A processes. The key layers of its Panther Lake processor have met expectations in terms of overlay accuracy, production throughput, and equipment availability, and the performance of the 18A layers produced using this technology is comparable to or even better than that of traditional 0.33 NA EUV platforms. Intel stated that customers can still meet their needs for manufacturing larger areas using existing 6-inch photomasks combined with splicing technology and process design kits (PDKs), aiming to provide more advanced and reliable process options for AI products.