We really need more of this. There's such a great ecosystem and community around software development and education, but IC design is at least a decade of not two behind in this regard.<p>Unfortunately, the open source tools are also decades behind. They're really only practical for small designs on the couple of open source PDKs that exist (and those seem more like abandoned PR projects than serious commitments to open hardware design).<p>Related, I thought this post was actually this video, which is tongue in cheek but a pretty good explanation of silicon manufacturing nonetheless: <a href="https://youtu.be/vuvckBQ1bME" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/vuvckBQ1bME</a><p>Been doing IC design professionally since 2010. Happy to answer any questions.
MOSIS has been around since the early '80's. In the past, I made experimental image sensor using the service.<p><a href="https://themosisservice.com/" rel="nofollow">https://themosisservice.com/</a>