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Jan Panteltje
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On a sunny day (Wed, 26 Jan 2022 06:38:27 -0800 (PST)) it happened Brent
Locher <blocher@columbus.rr.com> wrote in
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At 22 I was working and accumulating all sort of electronics at home... rented bedsit in other city than my parents.
Build a TV and designed and build a vidicon TV camera... 1968
That landed me a job at the national TV network the next year, and more electronics accumulated at home.
Addiction to electronics perhaps.
Nothing much changed to this day
Locher <blocher@columbus.rr.com> wrote in
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On Monday, January 24, 2022 at 2:07:35 AM UTC-5, boB wrote:
On Sun, 23 Jan 2022 07:23:54 GMT, Jan Panteltje
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On a sunny day (Sat, 22 Jan 2022 12:06:14 -0800 (PST)) it happened whit3rd
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On Saturday, January 22, 2022 at 6:59:47 AM UTC-8, Jan Panteltje wrote:
This 22-year-old builds chips in his parents\\u2019 garage
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/01/this-22-year-old-builds-chips-in-his-parents-garage/
more than 1000 transistors on it...
Only claims 100 on a chip,
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Then his homemade photolithography machine beamed on his design: a grid of 12 circuits,
each with 100 transistors (and a dancing bear), 1,200 transistors in all.
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so 100 per circuit, 12 circuits on a \'wafer\' ?
but the metallization doesn\'t connect to that many; I\'m not sure how complex
the circuitry can be, but it looks like a rather simpler circuit, like a differential pair and some
current mirrors. It could hold an op amp, that uses external bias resistors (don\'t see
any sign of FET or CMOS or both NPN and PNP transistor types).
His basic idea, it seems, is that small-scale production is possible and instructive.
Imagine a six-man shop that can produce integrated devices with quick turnaround.
Would that be a useful addition to a maze of megacorporations with ever-changing
off-the-shelf designs, big plants, and long turnaround, but cryptic spec sheets
and big foundry toolchain complexities (and surcharges)?
For prototypes, heck yes. Bill Sloman can sell \'em some e-beam litho tools.
He is now 22, wait a few more years what else he comes up with.
And then China gets into it
Maybe your own chip-making machine on ebay for $999.99 .....
Very impressive !
At 22 years old, how does he pay for all that nice stuff he\'s got ?
The HP gear and microscope, etc ?
Somehow I don\'t think he has to have a day job unless he just does
this in his spare time.
boB
A rich parent who is with it will be far happier seeing his money go into scopes and electronics vs drugs and rehab. A stint in
rehab for kids of wealthy parents will cost more than his lab setup
At 22 I was working and accumulating all sort of electronics at home... rented bedsit in other city than my parents.
Build a TV and designed and build a vidicon TV camera... 1968
That landed me a job at the national TV network the next year, and more electronics accumulated at home.
Addiction to electronics perhaps.
Nothing much changed to this day