One of the most complex machines ever built has arrived in Ireland

Device's accuracy is the equivalent of directing a laser pointer to your fingertip from the moon
One of the most complex machines ever built has arrived in Ireland

The system consists of 100,000 parts, 3,000 cables, 40,000 bolts and more than a mile of hosing. 

Arguably the most complicated piece of machinery humans have ever built has arrived in Ireland ready to resolve the global shortage is computer chips.

The Intel plant in Leixlip, Co Kildare has seen the arrival of the Dutch built EUV lithography system, a device used to print the billions of transistors onto silicon wafers that are then transformed into computer chips.

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