The pipe is slipped around a sacrificial mandrel and loaded into the machine, where it rotates under what looks like a piece of truss from an antenna tower.

Cheaper chips Canon plans to disrupt chipmaking with low-cost “stamp” machine Company is challenging industry leader ASML with its nanoprint lithography tech.

Canon expects its nanoimprint lithography machine to ship this year, competing with ASML's EVU gear as economies around the world are keen to expand their chip production capacity on their home turfs, ...