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Semiconductor Fabrication 101
- actionfromafar 3y agoI'll look into it later when I'm on Chrome - it said the payment process requires Chrome.
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- alacritas0 3y agowhat are you talking about? it's fine on firefox, and I don't expect an academic department to test on every browser
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- dang 3y agoPlease edit out swipes ("what are you talking about?") from your comments, as the site guidelines ask: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html. Your comment would be just fine without that bit.
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- noipv4 3y agoRegistered for it. it's sponsored by intel, interestingly.
- mandevil 3y agoIt's about 230 miles from West Lafayette Ind to Columbus Oh where Intel is building their new 20B fab. I suspect that this is part of an effort to create more semi-conductor engineers to work at that plant.
- metaphor 3y ago> I suspect that this is part of an effort to create more semi-conductor engineers to work at that plant. Not just at Intel's Ohio fab, but across the nation as part of a much broader onshoring movement[1]. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31756704 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31756704
- dexwiz 3y agoPurdue is an engineering school and has an existing electrical engineering and nanotechnology departments. Indiana has a stronger biotech presence but they could support chip fabs. But like the rest of the rust belt/midwest, manufacturing has been hollowed out since the 80s.
- NotSuspicious 3y agoPurdueX has had some really interesting courses. I wouldn't recommend paying for them though since you can't deduct them like normal tuition expenses.
- blopp99 3y agoStarting it tomorrow.
- Jun8 3y agoIn 2022 Purdue has launched US’s first Semiconductor Degrees program: https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q2/purdue-launches-nations-first-comprehensive-semiconductor-degrees-program.html https://www.purdue.edu/newsroom/releases/2022/Q2/purdue-laun....
- caditinpiscinam 3y agoWhy do I have to "register for" and "purchase" a free, self-paced course?
- simonbarker87 3y agoProbably just the way their system is set up. They could change the system, add the features needed to bypass that aspect but that will get bogged down in their (probably already understaffed) IT department backlog. So just put it up in the current system and create a couple of minutes faff for us rather than it never getting released.
- Zondartul 3y agoWhenever a website requires a boatload of personal info I just enter blank values like N/A or 0 into all fields. No-one ever complained. Though it is annoying that I need to register at all.
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- xeckr 3y agoThank you for sharing.
- OedipusRex 3y agoBoiler Up
- thebigestmidget 3y agoI'm currently in the middle of finishing a degree in CS. Do you think this will help me in terms of employment knowledge? I know they are completely different fields, but would base knowledge of the fabrication process not demonstrate a wide breadth of knowledge in CS to some degree due to its adjacency ?
- practicemaths 3y agoNo not really. It's more for electrical or computer engineers. However there's nothing wrong with gaining more knowledge for the sake of it and it can be just nice knowing a bit about how your machine actually works. Of course, maybe it is more useful if you're into some really low level programming. But for most CS hardware understanding isn't necessary.
- sevensor 3y agoI recommend learning about semiconductor fabrication because it's fascinating. I spent five years as a process engineer in a semiconductor plant, and I saw some really cool technology while I was there. How many other fields use TEM micrographs for debugging? Or make factories with separate foundations for dozens of pieces of equipment, built on piles sunk 60 feet to rest on bedrock? Or have unit processes that include particle accelerators? However, the chasm between undergrad CS and semiconductor fabrication is too big. There are dozens of layers in between, and all of them are interesting. If you want something more relevant to your degree, study computer architecture or VLSI design. Learn an FPGA synthesis language. If you like quantum mechanics, study semiconductor physics. Learn how a DRAM cell works and why it needs to be refreshed. At any rate, I don't want to discourage people from studying semiconductor fabrication, but don't do it as part of a CS education. Do it because turning rocks into circuits is an awesome work of alchemy and you can be part of it.
- zamadatix 3y agoFrom the perspective of someone else wrapping up a CS degree started after I already landed in the field: If you haven't already taken a dedicated "computer architecture" course (separate from whatever they covered as modules in your standard CS classes) I'd do that first and you'll probably get something out of that. If you have already taken such a course (and enjoyed it) then you might find this fun but I'm not sure on how much it well help in terms of employment knowledge vs more closely related study.
- driscoll42 3y agoIs there any syllabus/list of topics covered without having to register for it?