On February 24, local time, Intel said that the first two cutting-edge lithography machines from ASML have been "put into production" at its factory, and preliminary data show that their reliability is better than earlier models. At a conference in San Jose, California, Intel senior chief engineer Steve Carson said that the company has produced 30,000 wafers (these large silicon disks can produce thousands of computing chips) in a quarter using ASML's high numerical aperture (NA) lithography machines.