Dr. Andreas Kaldun

The Billion Dollar Machine: First Time Right.

How do you build a billion-dollar machine that’s impossible to prototype? With a digital twin so accurate, it can isolate a bee's hum at a metal festival.

The Billion Dollar Machine: First Time Right.
#1about 2 minutes

The challenge of building next-generation CPUs

ASML and ZEISS machines power the exponential growth in chip manufacturing, facing immense challenges to keep pace with Moore's Law.

#2about 3 minutes

How modern microchips are manufactured

A step-by-step overview of the chip production process, from silicon wafers to the critical photolithography exposure step.

#3about 4 minutes

Achieving atomic-level precision in optics

The manufacturing precision of lithography mirrors is so extreme that if a mirror were the size of Germany, the largest imperfection would be the width of a hair.

#4about 5 minutes

Why simulation replaces physical hardware prototyping

Building physical prototypes is economically impossible, so development relies on simulating the product, manufacturing processes, and production machinery.

#5about 5 minutes

Using a digital twin to cancel background noise

A digital twin simulates a machine's physical properties and background noise, allowing for its subtraction from real-world measurements to achieve unparalleled accuracy.

#6about 10 minutes

Q&A on tech stack, limits, and collaboration

The team answers audience questions about the digital twin's tech stack, the physical limits of current technology, and the industry-wide partnerships required.

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