The Tiny Supernovas Inside an EUV Machine: The Same Math that Describes Exploding Stars is Keeping Moore's Law Going

IF 2.4 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2025-04-09 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2025.10960503

Jayson Stewart;Rudolf Schultz;Daniel Brown

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Abstract

Supernova explosions, the catastrophic self-destruction of certain types of worn-out stars, are intimately tied to life on Earth because they are the birthplaces of heavy elements across the universe. Most of the iron in our blood and the sulfur in our amino acids originated in stars that detonated billions of years ago. But we have encountered another, quite surprising connection between supernovas and the human world—specifically, a connection to the technology needed to make computer chips for the latest smartphones and other electronic devices.

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极紫外光机中的微小超新星：与描述恒星爆炸的数学原理相同，摩尔定律仍在继续

超新星爆炸，某些类型的衰竭恒星的灾难性自我毁灭，与地球上的生命密切相关，因为它们是宇宙中重元素的发源地。我们血液中的大部分铁元素和氨基酸中的硫元素都来自于数十亿年前爆炸的恒星。但是我们在超新星和人类世界之间发现了另一种令人惊讶的联系——确切地说，它与为最新的智能手机和其他电子设备制造计算机芯片所需的技术有关。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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