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Chinese scientists discover method to cut defects by 99% with DUV chipmaking equipment, but it destroys EUV pattern fidelity — analyzing photoresist clustering with cryo-ET at 105°C

Chinese researchers have visualized how photoresist polymers cluster during development using cryogenic electron tomography and found that slightly raising post-exposure bake temperature could reduce defect density, but the finding has limited practical impact since this temperature is already typical for DUV processes and unsuitable for EUV lithography, where it would harm resolution and yield.

Minisforum launches its first ARM-based Mini PC with a full x16 PCIe slot for discrete GPUs — The MS-R1 packs a 12-core Cixin P1 SoC with up to 64 GB of RAM and generous IO, starting at $500

Popular Mini PC manufacturer Minisforum has just stepped into the ARM market with the MS-R1. It’s a 1.7-liter compact system with the CIX CD8180 SoC, consisting of 12-cores clocked at up 2.6 GHz, with a 28W TDP. There’s a full-size dedicated GPU slot and support for UEFI built-in, allowing you to easily boot into mainstream operating systems.