The process is now scheduled for H2 2024 – six months ahead of schedule.
18A will require ASML’s latest lithography tool the High Numerical Aperture (High NA) EUV machine.
Intel says it has secured the first delivery slot for the NA machines.
Back in July 2012, Intel invested $4.1 billion in ASML’s EUV development programme – $3.1 billion in an ASML stock purchase and $1 billion to fund the EUV R&D effort.
