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In 1977, everything was hard. Growing just silicon crystals was still difficult let alone on sapphire--3 ionch wafers were the norm. Lithography was contact s
by bsder 3y ago
In 1977, everything was hard.
Growing just silicon crystals was still difficult let alone on sapphire--3 ionch wafers were the norm. Lithography was contact so degrade your masks over time. Threshold voltages had poor control. CMOS chips were very susceptible to ESD punchthrough. Latchup was murderous (SOS helps cut this down greatly). You had purple plague. I can go on and on.
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