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Because TSMC lacks backside power, it must use tighter pitches that cannot be printed with High-NA, requiring double-patterning EUV and making High-NA not very helpful for TSMC.

Chris Auth · What will computer chips look like in 2045? · 22 Oct 2026

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“TSMC has to run very m- tighter pitches because they don't have backside power, and they can't do that with High-NA, so they have to use double patterning EUV. So for them, it's not very helpful.”
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