Is Musk eyeing EUV light sources to bring chip prices down? Recently, it’s been revealed that Musk plans to team up with Tesla and invest $16.8 billion to build a chip factory in the U.S. Some netizens noticed the new facility looks like a particle accelerator, and Musk himself responded with “FEL for the win!”—hinting at ditching the ASML route in favor of free-electron lasers. Traditional EUV is like a sniper rifle, while FEL is like a laser Gatling gun—power surges 4x, wavelength pushes straight to 6 nanometers, and single-chip costs are slashed in half. Though there are significant challenges to implementation, Musk’s specialty is turning expensive lab toys into affordable products. If this works, the entire chip industry might have to switch lanes.