Lithography machine chip modules are the core components of advanced semiconductor fabrication, particularly in photolithography systems for manufacturing integrated circuits (ICs). In simple terms, countless grains of sand turn into microchips in a high-precision process. The key ingredients: light and the projection optics for. In Sections 1. 3, the reader should have a good overview of what is important in lithography in general. Photolithography (also known as optical lithography) is a process that involves using light to transfer a pattern onto a photoresist layer deposited on a sample, typically a silicon wafer.