EUV masks at 2K says eBeam’s 2019 multi-beam mask survey.
In 2019, eBeam Initiative’s Multi-beam Masks survey reported for the first time
• 599,536 masks reported by 11 companies
• 2789 were EUV masks
• Average mask turnaround time (TAT) for <11nm and >=7nm was 11 days.
Click here to see the survey results.
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