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Veritasium · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Semiconductors & chip manufacturingManufacturing & industrial processes

What it is

Veritasium explains how ASML's EUV lithography machines make the most advanced computer chips, covering the engineering of the light source, mirrors and the supply chain around them. It is a long-form explainer on the world's most complex commercial machine.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN commenters recommend it as the accessible deep-dive on EUV lithography and why chip manufacturing is so hard.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2026, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “I highly recommend this recent (Dec 2025) Veritasium video about them”

    Shows engineering behind EUV lithography at scale for 3nm chips

    btown, 2026-05 · Strong recommendation · in “ASML's Best Selling Product Isn't What You Think It Is”

  2. “Veritasium recently made a good video on the ASML machine design”

    Good video on ASML machine design

    jiggawatts, 2026-01 · Recommendation · in “AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse”

  3. “There was a great video recently on the company + techniques used for cutting-edge lithography.”

    Great video on the company and cutting-edge lithography

    joncrocks, 2026-01 · Recommendation · in “Apple Is Fighting for TSMC Capacity as Nvidia Takes Center Stage”

  4. “The whole process was deep magic to me before I watched that video.”

    Explains how EUV chip manufacturing works

    terlisimo, 2026-04 · Recommendation · in “Making RAM at Home [video]”

  5. “Veritasium has a nice video about it”

    Story of ASML and its long-term vision

    random3, 2026-04 · Recommendation · in “The World's Most Complex Machine”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: asml, semiconductors, chip manufacturing, euv, engineering

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