Volume production of ICs sporting 0.1-micrometer structures is being predicted for 2007. Manufacturing tools now being developed will feature much shorter wavelengths and elaborate mirrors in place of traditional lenses. Also being honed is proximity X-ray lithography, which has produced a first level of a memory circuit with 0.25-micrometer dimensions.
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