HN repeatedly calls it the best in-depth introduction to IC manufacturing, a sense-of-awe talk by an independent engineer, while wishing for an updated version.
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The best semiconductors & chip manufacturing videos, according to Hacker News
47 videos about semiconductors & chip manufacturing that Hacker News commenters keep pointing each other to, ranked by how many separate months they were recommended. Part of Hardware & Electronics.
Commenters repeatedly point to it whenever EUV, ASML or chip manufacturing comes up, as a clear and astonishing explanation of one of the hardest engineering problems in chipmaking.
HN cites it whenever chip architecture, Moore's Law or CPU design comes up, as an unusually deep and accessible view from a top designer.
The go-to citation in Moore's Law threads, a convincing counterargument from a top CPU designer.
HN recommends it as a gripping story of single-minded persistence against the herd, and as the back story behind modern LED lighting.
HN users recommend it as an excellent, accessible overview of how modern chips are produced and why EUV matters.
HN repeatedly recommends the series as a gripping account of scientific fraud, and cites it whenever research misconduct comes up.
HN treats Hamilton's annual talks as the best window into how AWS regions and hardware are actually built.
Commenters recommend it as a clear, well-animated explanation of memory, especially for visual learners.
HN uses it as the go-to proof that small-scale, hobbyist chip fabrication is real, and as an entry point to the topic.
HN links it in semiconductor threads as an accessible overview of why EUV lithography is so hard.
HN recommends the series as a practical introduction to nMigen and formal verification for CPU design.
HN sends people here as the most straightforward and detailed starting point for understanding EUV lithography.
HN commenters prefer it over other transistor explanations as an enlightening starting point that leads into building logic gates and a CPU.
HN commenters point to it whenever the question is how far hardware can be trusted, including FPGAs, supply chain attacks and firmware TPMs.
Regarded as a favorite practical walkthrough of chip decapping, linked in threads on die shots, hardware backdoors and key extraction.
HN recommends it as an interview dense with insight from Keller, worth hearing in full even for non-engineers.
HN commenters recommend it as the accessible deep-dive on EUV lithography and why chip manufacturing is so hard.
HN recommends it as a great walkthrough of chip reverse engineering and the story of Visual 6502.
Frequently recommended as a good, approachable overview of ASML and semiconductor equipment.
Recommended as a rare, inspiring history of the foundry business and the relationship between Chang and Huang.
HN recommends it as a highly informative look at micro-etching glass and the smallest Tesla valves.
Recommended in documentary and semiconductor-history threads as a detailed look at Japan's chip industry.
HN points to it as the classic example of home-made semiconductors and a fun way to go down to the transistor level.
HN likes Ellsworth as a hardware tinkerer, and cites the video as proof that transistors can be made with low-tech, DIY fabrication.
HN commenters cite it as an informative talk from a leading researcher in reversible computing, mainly in threads on reversible computers and energy efficiency.
HN recommends it in threads about sanctions and Russian military electronics, as an explanation of Russia's semiconductor limits.
HN commenters point to it as a clear explanation of why fabs aren't being built for older process nodes.
HN commenters cite it for the claim that process scaling beyond 28nm is uneconomic and for dark silicon.
Recommended as a clear account of the craft of reading chips from photographs.
HN commenters share it in chip fab and industrial espionage threads as a well-researched account of East Germany's failed microelectronics effort.
Recommended as a high-level, in-depth take on SMIC's 7nm progress and Asian chip manufacturing.
Pointed to as a clear visual reference for chip manufacturing steps.
HN uses it as the source on India's early fab attempts, in threads about India's semiconductor ambitions.
HN links it to show the sheer complexity of EUV machines, especially when discussing whether competitors can challenge ASML.
HN cites it as visual evidence that nm node names are marketing labels and for its neat electron microscope comparison.
HN commenters point to it for Google's reasons for backing open silicon and for background on the open-source chip design workflow.
Cited as an accessible way to make lithographic masks at home, in threads about hobbyist chip fabrication.
HN points to it as an excellent history of how Japan entered chips, including government-coordinated cooperation like the VLSI project.
Used to support the argument that chip engineers see plenty of scaling headroom left.
HN commenters cite it as a thoughtful talk from a legendary chip architect, both for the s-curves view of progress and for concrete technical details on semiconductor scaling.
Pointed to as a rare first-hand account of a real, shipping ASIC built in an open-source HDL, useful in HDL and FPGA choice discussions.
Cited as a neat demonstration that diodes work in both directions in semiconductor and LED discussions.
HN cites it when arguing Moore's Law is really about price per transistor and that this economic trend has stalled.
HN cites it as a source on Tenstorrent's wide-issue RISC-V Ascalon CPU in RISC-V threads.
HN points to it as the example of someone making integrated circuits at home.
HN points to it as an example of hobbyist, at-home integrated circuit fabrication.
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