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by 55873445216111 4y ago
The windows are made by Gentex ( https://www.gentex.com )
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Ageless and Peerless in an Era of Fabless (2012)(forbes.com)
1 points by 55873445216111 4y ago|0 comments
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by 55873445216111 4y ago
Yes but there is a huge technology gap. example: Automakers need a lot more small low-power MCUs built on ~130/90nm process. A 14nm fab that started 2 years ago is never going to be producing those 130/90nm MCUs. Furthermore, th
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by 55873445216111 4y ago
Honestly, the risks of just-in-time have always been know. The problem is that holding excess inventory and/or reserve capacity costs real money, and somebody has to pay for it. Investors/managers drive out wasted costs or eventua
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by 55873445216111 4y ago
It takes >$10B and >2 years to build a fab which will be effectively obsolete ~2 years after it opens. If it doesn't open on schedule or is underloaded, the ROI goes negative almost immediately. (I somewhat oversimplified this of
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by 55873445216111 4y ago
In practical terms, the government is just too slow to actually help. They always shoot behind the target. The semiconductor market is cyclical. By the time the CHIPS Act, etc, actually get passed and implemented, the market will already be
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by 55873445216111 4y ago
Historically, excess wafer fab capacity is what bankrupts semiconductor companies. An underloaded fab very rapidly eats up profit. Over the last 10 years, the industry has become very cautious not to overbuild capacity. We have now arrived
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
Battleship USS Missouri also ran aground in Chesapeake Bay in 1950. the battleship remained stuck for over two weeks before being freed from the sand. The ship was so damaged that she had to return to port and enter dry dock for repairs.
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
My favorite hobby is is inhaling O2 and exhaling CO2.
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
"travelling"
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
"legitimately needs to be done" - who decides what is "legitimate"?
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
I agree we cannot burden poorer people. I think the least-worst way to handle the whole situation is with a carbon-tax and dividend.
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
I agree! Add the cost of CO2 into the price of gas. But don't ban inefficient speciality cars. I happen to be someone who really enjoys driving performance cars that happen to get really poor fuel economy. I have no problem paying the
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
Many people have hobbies that drive CO2 emissions. Should we ban all of these too?
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
I could never get my RDP to work until I switched to using a local account. Now I know why I was pulling my hair out trying to get it working.
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Chip Manufacturing – How Are Microchips Made? – Infineon(youtube.com)
1 points by 55873445216111 5y ago|0 comments
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
I am not defending anything. I am not saying it's the right way to do it. I am just reporting my own observation of how the industry currently operates, from the perspective of someone working in the industry.
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
There is a video called "Silicon Run" (1996) which I feel gives a good overview of semiconductor manufacturing. This video is now quite old, but the major principles remain the same. Seems to be available on YouTube: https:/
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
Fairchild was acquired by Onsemi
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
The very long form is an EE degree with an emphasis in VLSI. In seriousness, there just isn't as much information about semiconductors publicly available like there is in software. If you can make your question a little more specific
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
I think the chart is meant to be an approximated summary, not a precise timeline down to sub-year intervals. Even though Intel has fallen somewhat behind compared to norm, I think they should still be considered "leading edge". Th
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
Semiconductor industry is almost all B2B. People don't invest much time into trying to make technical content look aesthetically pleasing. It only gets read by other technical experts who don't value aesthetics as long as the info
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
It is a little bit dated. But the core concepts are all still valid. I posted it because - as someone working in the industry - I find it is somewhat rare to find a public article that attempts to explain the "big picture" landsc
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
There is another problem: all of the equipment makers have stopped producing the "old" tools that are used for >40nm process 8 inch wafers. People in these "old" fabs seriously go on eBay to buy used parts to replace
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The Semiconductor Ecosystem Explained(semiwiki.com)
164 points by 55873445216111 5y ago|63 comments
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
If you want to see something fun, go check the size of the tires on your car (printed on the wall of the tire). It will read something like "245/35R18", where 245 is the section width in millimeters and 18 is the diameter in
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
> Are you sure? TSMC definitely does packaging. And it seems like it would be crazy to ship a delicate unpackaged die to a different factory when you could just keep it in a clean room and do everything in one place. I think it would be
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
It's all about cost. The assembly and test is the "low tech" part of semiconductor manufacturing and can be done well in Asia by workforces that are not as highly educated as those you need to run a fab. US and western econom
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
Silicon fabs do not make server boards. They just produce the silicon wafer i.e. "die" of a semiconductor device. Most die must be assembled into a package before they can be used. The die packaging aka "backend" is almo
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by 55873445216111 5y ago
There are always unknowns, but Intel is a much more reliable partner than Foxconn. The Wisconsin Foxconn deal smelled very fishy from day 1 IMO.

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