Brussels, 29/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 29 September, the European Commission authorised the Netherlands to grant €15.6 million of soft loans and a direct grant of €5.7 million to Mapper Lithography B.V, for the development of “E-beam lithography”. E-beam technology is an innovative research path that could enable the global semiconductor industry to keep increasing the performance of microchips. The Commission therefore concluded that the positive effects of the aid...