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December 18, 2024 AT 6:00 pm

Tackling Energy Usage in Semiconductor Technology

— by Takara

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April 29, 2024 AT 11:11 am

The Invention of the Integrated Circuit : Jean Hoerni’s Patent Notebook

— by Anne Barela

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March 26, 2024 AT 2:30 pm

Illuminating silicon chips to detect tampering @bunniestudios

— by Anne Barela

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September 20, 2023 AT 10:28 am

Intel’s glass substrate promises 1 trillion transistors by 2030

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: chips, fabrication, glass, Intel, semiconductors, substrate —

April 12, 2023 AT 8:00 am

A Brief History of Semiconductor Packaging

— by Kelly

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November 22, 2022 AT 10:56 am

22-year-old builds chips in his parents’ garage @Wired

— by Anne Barela

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June 17, 2022 AT 9:30 am

Purdue starts comprehensive US semiconductor degree programs

— by Anne Barela

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November 24, 2021 AT 10:10 am

Jay Last, Fairchild co-founder, builder of 1st commercial IC, dies at 92 #Semiconductors @EEtimes

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: Fairchild, history, integrated circuits, semiconductors, transistor —

April 20, 2021 AT 3:00 am

The Great Semiconductor Shortage

— by Zay

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Tags: anthropocene, semiconductors —

April 14, 2020 AT 4:45 pm

“Best of Adafruit” Photo & Video Series Day 21 #photography #art #design #wfh #bestofadafruit

— by Andrew T

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Tags: best of adafruit, bestofadafruit, circuits, hardware, semiconductor, semiconductors, silicon, techno, techno music, video, wafers —

July 5, 2019 AT 9:45 am

Wire Bonding Basics – Manual Wedge Bonding ICs #Engineering #Fabrication @szeloof

— by Anne Barela

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Tags: Engineering, fabrication, semiconductors, wire bonding —

April 29, 2019 AT 10:00 am

Researchers transmit data via a semiconductor laser, opening the door to ultra-high-speed Wi-Fi

— by Takara

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April 1, 2019 AT 7:00 am

Stanford researchers measure near-perfect performance in low-cost semiconductors

— by Takara

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December 5, 2018 AT 12:03 pm

Chip wars: China, America and silicon supremacy @TheEconomist

— by Anne Barela

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February 5, 2018 AT 3:00 pm

History of Philips’ Semiconductors in the 1950s

— by Kelly

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