ASML's architects / René Raaijmakers ; editing: Tjerk Noordraven, Nieke Roos ; translation: Grayson Bray Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raaijmakers, René, author.

Contributor:

Noordraven, Tjerk, editor.

Roos, Nieke, editor.

Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers, publisher.

Series:

SPIE monograph ; PM319.

SPIE digital library

SPIE Press monograph ; PM319

Standardized Title:

Architecten van ASML. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

ASML (Firm).

Microlithography.

Manufacturing processes.

Integrated circuits--Design and construction.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (663 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

First English edition.

Place of Publication:

Bellingham, Washington : SPIE, 2019.

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

In ASML's Architects René Raaijmakers returns to the birthplace of the wafer stepper and the roots of ASML's stunning global success. He chronicles the engineers' all-consuming race to surpass the rest, providing a vivid window into the unique culture that spawned the world's finest chipmaking technology: the all-or-nothing, go-for-the-gold mindset that still permeates ASML.

Contents:

Preface

Introduction

Part 1. Wafer stepper prehistory 1962-1969: 1. A strange insect; 2. Philips Elcoma; 3. David Mann; 4. Ad Bouwer; 5. The violin maker

Part 2. A license to print money 1970-1975: 6. A born engineer; 7. Travel companions; 8. Technical note 105; 9. The silicon repeater; 10. American style

Part 3. Death throes 1976-1983: 11. Wim Troost; 12. Troost's letter; 13. GCA plays its trump card;

14. Knocking on the government's door; 15. The electric wafer table; 16. The rescue mission; 17. A brick shithouse

Part 4. The deal 1983-1984: 18. Arthur del Prado; 19. Fifty-fifty; 20. The contract from hell

Part 5. A leveraged die-out 1984: 21. Gjalt Smit; 22. Hoodwinked; 23. The reunion; 24. The deadline; 25. A hundred million dollars; 26. From Paris to Oberkochen; 27. The company from hell; 28. The Japanese; 29. The first drawings; 30. The cartoon presentation; 31. The first want ad

Part 6. The deadline 1984-1986: 32. The business plan; 33. Landmark; 34. Back to Elcoma; 35. Victoria Veste; 36. Anthill; 37. Hotel Victoria; 38. The American market; 39. If something's supposed to come in on Friday, it isn't coming at all; 40. Hurry, hurry, the future's nipping at your heels; 41. We can win this; 42. We hear you, Jerry; 43. AMD; 44. Smit's sounding board; 45. Emergency meeting; 46. Not wild About Wild

Part 7. The big spender 1986 / 1987: 47. Euphoria; 48. America's toughest boss; 49. Temptation strikes Del Prado once again; 50. The sun sets on GCA; 51. Japanese reliability; 52. Boulevard of broken dreams; 53. Take it or leave it; 54. Eighty bucks and sayonara

Part 8. Running in place 1988 / 1990: 55. The fat man; 56. Flat broke; 57. Promising customers; 58. Nikon's Achilles heel; 59. Cash flow positive; 60. Turbo mode engaged; 61. IBM

Part 9. Stuck with each other 1990 / 1992: 62. The circle sir; 63. German stranglehold; 64. A movie for IBM; 65. The folk with the golden fingers; 66. Japanese glass; 67. O-Lab; 68. Running on goodwill; 69. No-brainer

Part 10: Growth 1993 / 1996: 70. A good team; 71. Value of ownership; 72. Scanning; 73. The Korean gorilla; 74. Forty thieves; 75. The medicine man; 76. An audience with The Tank; 77. Grassmann's baptism by fire; 78. On its own two feet

Appendices

Cast of characters

Glossary of terms

Endnotes

Acknowledgements

Interviews (2011 / 2017)

Afterword

Translator's postscript.

Notes:

"SPIE Digital Library."--Website.

"Originally published in Dutch as De architecten van ASML, 2017."

Title from PDF title page (SPIE eBooks Website, viewed 2020-05-19).

ISBN:

9781510637245

OCLC:

1155089026

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