This was a big deal in my memory, and is rarely mentioned in the modern tech news. So this article caught my eye.<p>Wafer Scale was super ambitious, and in ways paved the road to modern system on chip.<p>I would liken this to how Jorodowsky's Dune paved the way for star wars and other well known scifi, but is itself relatively obscure:<p><a href="https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/How-much-does-Lucas-owe-to-Jorodowkys-Dune-Would-Star-Wars-even-exist-without-Dune/id/46494" rel="nofollow">https://originaltrilogy.com/topic/How-much-does-Lucas-owe-to...</a><p>Two totally different topics with the common theme of an obscure predecessor setting the stage for subsequent large scale development.