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> Once you see a modern fab with your own eyes, it will change you in a deep way. Nothing you see in media can prepare you for the real thing. While working fo
by jason-phillips 5y ago
> Once you see a modern fab with your own eyes, it will change you in a deep way. Nothing you see in media can prepare you for the real thing.
While working for Samsung Austin Semiconductor in 2013, I needed to travel to Korea for a month as part of our work on a global supply chain software project. IIRC, we were working at the semiconductor complex at Giehung. The fabs there are unbelievably enormous, much bigger than American fabs. Twelve stories tall, ~200x700 meters. A half dozen of these behemoths parked next to each other.
I felt like I was walking through an industrial city in Star Wars.
Edit to add: I believe you can probably contact the public relations department at Samsung Austin Semiconductor and schedule a tour for your group.
- bob1029 5y ago> I believe you can probably contact the public relations department at Samsung Austin Semiconductor and schedule a tour for your group. IIRC they do regular tours for schools and other STEM groups. Last I badged out, there was an entire museum room dedicated to the history/tech/etc.
- blovescoffee 5y agoYep, I went to their location in High School for a field trip!
- csours 5y agoThis all reminds me of the short story "They're Made out of Meat" https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/thinkingMeat.html https://www.mit.edu/people/dpolicar/writing/prose/text/think...
- webmaven 5y agoI've read (and watched) that story at least a dozen times, and your comment still seemed like a non sequitur. Then I got it. Brilliant.