TSMC (TSM) executive Kevin Zhang said the company is still weighing whether it plans to use ASML‘s (ASML) high numerical aperture, or NA, machines for its future process nodes, Reuters’ Nathan Vifflin reports. “A14, the enhancement I talk about, is very substantial without using High-NA. So our technology team continues to find a way to extend the life of current (Low-NA EUV machines) by harvesting the scaling benefit,” Zhang said at a press briefing. “As long as they continue to find a way, obviously we don’t have to use it,” he added. The report noted that Intel (INTC) has planned to use the high-NA machine in its future manufacturing process.
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