And now, a couple years later, he's partnered with microprocessor legend Jim Keller to start Atomic Semi.. <a href="https://twitter.com/szeloof/status/1636174775310745601" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/szeloof/status/1636174775310745601</a>
I love the audacity of this as a hobby project. It makes me wonder what other audacious hobby ideas would be dismissed by almost everyone but are actually achievable by a suitably motivated individual.
I don't know how much commercial value his projects may have, but I really think they could be used in education. It very is rare for students (even in developed countries I think) to be able to develop and test their own chips.<p>Having a simple, practical, affordable "chip making" kit that any one could have access would be a boost for students all over the world.
Amazing work. Would be great to see more of the gear used and the processes themselves and how feasible it is to reproduce this. I'd absolutely love to be able to do for instance a homebrew 6502 or so. But I fear the gear costs will be astronomical.<p>Check the 'general high vacuum' page linked on the left there as well.
Loved reading his blog over the years. Another good resource in this area is the zero to asic course:<p><a href="https://zerotoasiccourse.com/" rel="nofollow">https://zerotoasiccourse.com/</a>
This is really fantastic work and there definitely needs to be a hacker microchip community. I love the idea of one day having a simplistic processor chip someone made in their garage.
That Industry vs Sam's garage chart is hilarious :D Obligatory XKCD: <a href="https://xkcd.com/605/" rel="nofollow">https://xkcd.com/605/</a>
This is <i>so incredibly cool</i>. I've always wondered if this were possible and it tickles me to see it done - starting in high school, no doubt.