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"Z2" - Upgraded Homemade Silicon Chips

Sam Zeloof

"Z2" - Upgraded Homemade Silicon Chips

Sam Zeloof shows the upgraded second iteration of his homemade silicon integrated circuit fabrication process, producing chips with around a thousand transistors in his garage. It is a short overview of what the home fab can now do.

HN uses it as the go-to proof that small-scale, hobbyist chip fabrication is real, and as an entry point to the topic.

10 Hacker News mentions · 2021–2026

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