Nvidia says software library for computational lithography integrated by TSMC

At its GTC event, Nvidia (NVDA) announced what it calls "a breakthrough that brings accelerated computing to the field of computational lithography," enabling semiconductor leaders like ASML (ASML), TSMC (TSM) and Synopsys (SNPS) to accelerate the design and manufacturing of next-generation chips, just as current production processes are nearing the limits of what physics makes possible. "The new NVIDIA cuLitho software library for computational lithography is being integrated by TSMC, the world’s leading foundry, as well as electronic design automation leader Synopsys into their software, manufacturing processes and systems for the latest-generation NVIDIA Hopper architecture GPUs. Equipment maker ASML is working closely with NVIDIA on GPUs and cuLitho, and is planning to integrate support for GPUs into all of its computational lithography software products. The advance will enable chips with tinier transistors and wires than is now achievable, while accelerating time to market and boosting energy efficiency of the massive data centers that run 24/7 to drive the manufacturing process," Nvidia said in a press release timed with the event.