According to Time, waffles may have evolved from communion wafers: In fact, the familiar "honeycomb" pattern that appears on waffles may have been designed to represent "interlocking crosses." ...

Photolithography uses light to transfer a pattern of features from a mask to a light-sensitive chemical photoresist on a semiconductor wafer. As the pattern is transferred, it is reduced in scale ...

The equipment is used to print fine circuit patterns on semiconductor wafers. Japanese manufacturers once had a monopoly on the market for lithography systems, but they were overpowered by ASML ...