Shipping a $380M High-NA EUV machine: 40 containers, 3-4 Boeing 747s
Yamapama · x · 2026-10-31
A viral explainer on ASML's High-NA EUV lithography machine: at €350M each with 100,000 parts weighing 150-180 tons, it ships disassembled in 40 nitrogen-filled climate-controlled containers via 20 air-cushion trucks and 3-4 Boeing 747 freighters. The Zeiss mirrors are so flat (sub-1mm bump if scaled to Germany's size) that any excess vibration en route forces 200 engineers to spend 3-6 months recalibrating the nanometer optics.
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