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World Congress 2023 • Sep 21, 2023

Strange New Worlds: shaping the future of the digital age

Andreas Kaldun

How do you build a billion-dollar microchip machine with zero room for error? You simulate its entire physical existence using Python digital twins before forging a single part.

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Exponential growth in microchip transistor density

Keeping pace with exponential transistor growth requires continuous innovation in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.

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The step-by-step process of microchip manufacturing

Transforming raw silicon into functional microchips relies on lithography to project complex transistor patterns.

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Precision requirements for ultraviolet projection optics

Manufacturing microscopic transistor patterns demands extreme ultraviolet projection mirrors with picometer surface accuracy.

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Measuring sub-nanometer accuracy in optical manufacturing

Isolating picometer signals from environmental vibrations necessitates specialized measurement infrastructure and vacuum environments.

#5 about 4 min

Building digital twins for lithography machine simulation

Simulating physical properties and environmental factors eliminates the need for expensive hardware prototypes during system design.

#6 about 4 min

Bridging physics domain knowledge and software engineering

Translating complex physical equations into reliable production code requires collaboration between research scientists and software architects.

#7 about 2 min

Ensuring reproducibility for production software environments

Logging environments with specification files and git timestamps guarantees exact recreation of historical system simulations.

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The evolutionary progression of optical mechatronics systems

Advancing future semiconductor capabilities requires shifting from manual components to fully integrated custom hardware and software solutions.

#9 about 6 min

Integrating physical complexity into digital lithography simulations

Software developers enable continuous integration of new physical variables like plasma physics and gravitational pull into core simulation tools.

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Scale and diversity of software development teams

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Aligning hardware development cycles with software evolution

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