The machine that created the modern world: the history of photolithography in the EUV range.

This article is dedicated to an incredibly complex device—ASML's lithograph, which enables the creation of cutting-edge microchips. The video explains how engineers overcame the limitations of Moore's Law by using extreme ultraviolet light to print nanoscopic transistors. The process involves groundbreaking technology: a laser strikes tin droplets 50,000 times per second, creating plasma hotter than the surface of the sun. The world's smoothest mirrors are used to focus the radiation, with a precision comparable to the thickness of a playing card on a global scale. The text emphasizes that this breakthrough was made possible by decades of dedication by scientists whose ideas were initially considered impossible. Today, these "impossible" machines form the foundation of the entire modern electronics industry.