A home-made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit
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HN comment orderAwesome. For those considering exploring some of these steps in their own garage -- the chemistry is dangerous, perhaps HF in particular, as it doesn't hurt, it just kills you a few hours later. Can you do this in a garage? Absolutely, but learn everything you need to know from an ensemble of safety-minded mentors before you strike out on your own. It's not just about safety for you, proper disposal of these chemicals is essential for the many generations…
Leaving it here: https://libresilicon.com A guy in HK is making a 1um fab with own process and open tooling.
Sam's second IC, the Z2, was discussed a few days ago. You can find the discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28176255 dang has a comment with links to other related discussions in there.
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16955549, which is currently at the top of the front page.
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- Breakout years
- 3
- Total points
- 1104
- Total comments
- 172
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-04-29 | First made-at-home integrated circuits using litography | Confiks | 19 | 1 |
| 2018-04-30 | A home-made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuitFirst breakout · Best thread | DEFCON28 | 712 | 116 |
| 2018-04-30 | First IC :) | janvdberg | 8 | 1 |
| 2018-10-02 | First integrated circuit | guiambros | 4 | 1 |
| 2019-10-13 | Homemade IC (2018) | modinfo | 247 | 40 |
| 2021-08-22 | A home-made lithographically-fabricated integrated circuit (2018)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | punnerud | 114 | 13 |