MAXWELL-FNO v4.2 VALIDATED: SUB-40MS INVERSE MASK SYNTHESIS FOR 1.4NM ANGSTROM-NODE TEST VEHICLES
LithoCore AI
SEMICONDUCTOR EDA FOUNDATION MODEL • HIGH-NA EUV READY

Foundational Inverse-Physics AI for Sub-2nm Computational Lithography

Replacing 4,000,000 CPU core-hour optical proximity correction (OPC) with continuous physics-informed Fourier Neural Operators. Synthesizing full-chip curvilinear photomasks in minutes with sub-atomic edge-placement precision.

140x
Tapeout Acceleration
Reduces full-chip OPC turnaround from 28 days to 4.8 hours
0.04 nm
Edge Placement Error
Sub-angstrom fidelity across complex curvilinear GAAFET nanosheets
94%
Stochastic Defect Drop
Eliminates line-edge roughness bridging and nano-pinch microbridging
$4.2M
Compute Savings / Mask Set
Drastically cuts petabyte distributed cluster electricity & licensing costs
LIVE PHYSICS ENGINE

Interactive EUV Wavefront & Photomask Studio

Simulate 13.5nm wavelength optical proximity correction and neural curvilinear mask generation in real-time. Toggle scanner numerical apertures and source illumination modes below.

EDGE ERROR (EPE): 0.04 nm
INFERENCE LATENCY: 38.4 ms
WAFER YIELD: 98.9%
ACCELERATION: 148x
Left: Curvilinear Mask with SRAF Assist Right: 13.5nm Resist Exposure Intensity
Simulated via LithoCore AI Continuous Fourier Neural Field Operator
ALGORITHMIC BREAKTHROUGH

Overcoming the Limits of Optical Physics

At sub-2nm nodes, light does not travel in straight lines. Severe optical diffraction, multi-layer phase shifts, and 3D mask electromagnetic scattering require solving non-linear wave equations across billions of silicon features.

01

Maxwell-FNO: Continuous Wave Operator

Transforms classical finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) wave solvers into spectral neural operators. Learns mappings directly between arbitrary 3D mask topologies and near-field electromagnetic diffractions in sub-millisecond tensor passes.

  • ✓ Mesh-independent zero-shot resolution scaling
  • ✓ Full 3D mask topography thick-absorber modeling
  • ✓ Native support for polarized EUV laser waveforms
02

CurviMask™: Inverse Synthesis Engine

Deprecates rectilinear 90-degree polygon slicing. Employs continuous level-set neural implicit surfaces to synthesize organic curvilinear photomasks that maximize process windows and wafer exposure latitude by over 38%.

  • ✓ Smooth multi-beam mask writer (MBMW) geometry
  • ✓ Eliminates 12M+ artificial Manhattan vertices
  • ✓ Automatic Sub-Resolution Assist Feature (SRAF) generation
03

StochastoNet: Yield Defect Metrology

Predicts quantum photon shot noise and stochastic photoresist dissolution micro-failures before cleanroom exposure. Trained on 14,000,000 experimental critical-dimension scanning electron microscopy (CD-SEM) images.

  • ✓ Microbridge and nano-break hazard detection
  • ✓ Line-Edge Roughness (LER) suppression < 0.9nm
  • ✓ Direct feedback loop to scanner dose adjustments
FOUNDRY BENCHMARK DATA

Proven Silicon Validation

Side-by-side benchmark conducted on a 68-layer 2nm GAAFET full-chip tapeout vehicle comparing legacy CPU EDA clusters against LithoCore AI's distributed tensor architecture.

Benchmark Metric Legacy CPU-Based OPC Tool LithoCore AI Maxwell-FNO Advantage
Full-Chip Turnaround Time 672 hours (28 days) 4.8 hours (0.2 days) 140x Faster
Compute Cluster Footprint 4,096 x86 CPU Nodes 32 Accelerated Tensor Nodes 99.2% Hardware Reduction
Edge Placement Error (EPE) 0.68 nm 0.04 nm 17x Higher Precision
Process Window (Exposure Latitude) 11.4% 18.9% +65.7% Margin
Stochastic Mask Defects (Defects/cm²) 0.142 0.008 94.3% Defect Elimination
Energy Consumption per Mask Set 1,820 MWh 39 MWh 97.8% Power Saved
FOUNDRY TCO ESTIMATOR

Calculate Your Tapeout Savings

Evaluate compute cluster reduction and engineering cycle acceleration for your fabless product roadmaps.

1 Tapeout 10 Tapeouts 20 Tapeouts
20 Layers 68 Layers (2nm) 120 Layers
Projected Annual Cloud Compute Savings
$10.74M
CPU Server Hours Eliminated:
238k hrs
CLEANROOM INTEGRATION

Sovereign & Zero-Trust Architecture

Semiconductor tapeouts are sovereign trade secrets. LithoCore AI is designed from the ground up for air-gapped cleanroom servers, private foundry clouds, and encrypted OASIS/GDSII pipelines.

01 // Air-Gapped

Zero-Exfiltration Pods

Deployable on local bare-metal tensor clusters inside foundry firewalls without external WAN access.

02 // OASIS / GDSII

Native EDA Streaming

Directly ingests petabyte hierarchical layout streams with zero data loss and automated multi-beam format export.

03 // SOC2 / ITAR

Defense & Fab Grade

Meets strict US and international defense electronics certification requirements and semiconductor cleanroom standards.

04 // Scanner Loop

Real-Time Metrology

Direct API telemetry integration with ASML Twinscan EUV scanners, Applied Materials CD-SEM, and KLA inspection tools.

Venture & Accelerator Deck

Review Our 12-Slide Investor Presentation

Explore our core algorithmic defensibility, $18.4B market opportunity, compute scaling thesis, and commercial foundry pipeline.

EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP

Built by Semiconductor Physicists & AI Pioneers

Combining deep nanoscale electromagnetic wave mechanics with frontier high-performance neural operator research.

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Julian Vance

Founder & Chief Executive Officer

Former Principal Computational Lithography Architect at top Silicon Valley foundry. 14+ years in inverse electromagnetic physics, Fourier neural operators, and sub-5nm tapeout optimization. BS & MS Stanford Nanofabrication.

Direct: julian.vance@lithocoreai.com San Francisco Bay Area, CA
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Dr. Maya Lin

Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder

PhD MIT Applied Physics. Leading authority in spectral neural operators for partial differential equations. Authored foundational papers on Maxwell neural field approximations in sub-wavelength optical regimes.

Direct: maya.lin@lithocoreai.com Boston, MA
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Dr. Eric Van Der Berg

VP of Foundry Engineering

Former Senior Director of Scanner Metrology at major European semiconductor consortium. 20+ years in extreme ultraviolet scanner illumination and multi-beam mask writer calibration.

Direct: eric.vanderberg@lithocoreai.com Eindhoven, Netherlands
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Sarah Jenkins

VP of Product & Foundry Alliances

Ex-Director of EDA Enterprise Product Management. Led deployment of mission-critical synthesis software across tier-1 mobile and automotive chip designers. Harvard MBA, BS EECS UC Berkeley.

Direct: sarah.jenkins@lithocoreai.com Santa Clara, CA
CONFIDENTIAL CLEANROOM ACCESS

Request Foundry Tapeout Pilot

Submit your node requirements and process parameters. A mutual non-disclosure agreement (NDA) and secure sandbox access credentials will be delivered directly from the office of CEO Julian Vance.

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