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jacquesmlast Monday at 7:29 PM3 repliesview on HN

And the clean environment as a whole. That's a massive investment and there are a million ways to mess that up.


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Klaster_1today at 4:44 AM

There's this guy doing clean room in a shed on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.Semiconductor

bigbadfelinelast Monday at 9:01 PM

> however, I believe acquiring wafers of sufficient quality and depositing layers to be etched could be the bigger challenge here

Definitely hard for a home fab but how about a community fab? Not necessarily a geographic community.

gazelast Monday at 9:01 PM

for making research grade devices you barely need a cleanroom