a lot more to say about this perhaps in another video but the industry in japan won by doing what the west was doing but much better it was the same with lithography the japanese were able to make older technology go farther and at better prices canon shocked the industry by developing a proximity aligner capable of reaching two to three micron design rules which many experts thought was not possible then in NUMBER_TOKEN nikon released into the market the fruits of their work with the vlsi project the nsr-NUMBER_TOKENg stepper the first customers were nec and toshiba who found it perfectly suited for their current production lines the japanese market's explosive growth caught the american lithography makers off guard NUMBER_TOKEN was an american recession year and the americans were not attuned to the market relying on the japanese trading houses for market intel gsa tried to ramp up their production but their solar optic supplier carl zeiss remember them could not get lenses out fast enough as delivery delays stretch on and on the japanese semiconductor makers could not wait any longer they defected and nikon snatched NUMBER_TOKEN of the market in a single year american market share for every category of semiconductor production equipment collapsed the war was over the american lithography industry shriveled and died i suspect people watching this are scrutinizing this history very closely for insights about the present and the future perhaps regarding another lithography situation underway somewhere in east asia but i really caution against that the players are not the same the market scenario is not the same and most importantly the technology is far from the same the japanese victory was not complete because as we all know it would not last for long that's why prequels suck canon and nikon could not hold on to their lead in the lithography market the japanese semiconductor market would collapse in the late NUMBER_TOKENs and NUMBER_TOKENs the americans were moved to respond to their loss of market leadership plunging forward into the research to develop revolutionary semiconductor production technologies and applications they love the vlsi project idea so much they made their own sematech there they hit upon the next generation of lithography techniques euv by now the american lithography industry no longer existed so sematech and the government turned to the next best alternative a small up-and-comer in europe called asml thanks for watching that's it for now if you enjoyed the video consider subscribing i would like to reach NUMBER_TOKEN NUMBER_TOKEN subscribers someday it gets me a plaque um let me talk a little bit about the asian amateur patreon if you like what the channel does and if you enjoyed this video you can support the work by joining the early access tier early access members get to see new videos before their release of the public there is also a general support tier and signing up for that would be amazing too want to send me an email drop me a line at john URL_TOKEN i love reading your emails introduce yourself suggest a topic or more until next time i'll see you guys later
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