A long interview with the inventor; A GOOD READ, FOR PROPELLER HEADS:
https://archive.vn/5CmuJ#selection-633.0-633.329
Very cool. Too late for me, I’m already 23...
“his process technology is shrinking at a much higher pace than Intel’s.”
Yeah but of course it is...Intel is at the single digit nanometer range.
Good for him, his equipment still uses CRTs.
Some of the Teks from 40 years ago run very nicely, with minimal love and care.
From youth such as these will come our future.
The future belongs to the innovators................
Now THAT’s impressive!
” A good friend found a broken one and with $1000, a fair amount of know how and a lot of time they were able to repair it to working condition”
Right!
His process is improving faster than Intels did...
For the same reason it is much easier to travel an already built road than to build the road out of wilderness.
Good for him though... He seems driven to success.
This young man’s products are unlikely to be competitive with the offerings of Intel, Qualcomm, TI, AMD, Nvidia et al. anytime soon, but to do what he’s doing at home is quite impressive nonetheless. It doesn’t take a great leap of imagination to predict that this fellow will eventually have success in whatever fields he chooses.
I remember reading an anecdote once from a guy who went to college at Michigan with Google founder Larry Page. Guy said Larry was an uber-nerd with a home-built computer in a case he had fashioned out of Legos. Now, was Page’s Lego computer an invention of any significance on its own? Probably not, but the do-it-yourself, obessive-compulsive mentality behind it was indicative of qualities that would eventually blossom in other ways.
“...hacking on pieces of garage fab equipment in his dorm room..”
“..Sam Zeloof has already built his fab and his process technology..”
What does “fab” mean as it is used here?
Or should that be “lab”?
I like the classic album collection.
wow. great. biggest sci/tech post i’ve seen on FR in years.
Don’t forget the genius teenager that Obama touted for building an alarm-clock out of transistor radio, or some such!
Fun project and kudos to this guy for doing it.
I like his set up.
My work area is 500 sqft. I like to build Ham Radios in my spare time. Getting ready to remodel the room.
bfl
His assistant is a Boson`s Mate.
Bttt.
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