EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip Fabs

MEP EP#345: The Hot List of Tasty Chip Fabs

Pool Shark Update!

Wolfspeed fab for NC is latest on CHIPS Act list

• 668,000 domestic manufacturing jobs
• Global Unemployment. Do we have enough people for this?
• What technology are they aiming for?

Here’s the latest hot list of cool chip fabs coming to the US

• GlobalFoundries
  • 180nm down to 12nm
• Intel
  • Ohio
  • New Mexico
  • Arizona
• Micron
  • Memory Chips
• Samsung
  • High end computing
• Texas Instruments
  • 45nm+ analog, embedded electronics
  • Articles say it will complement other factories already in Texas
• TSMC
  • 5nm
• Wolfspeed
  • Worlds largest silicon carbide manufacturing facility
  • Much higher power devices with higher voltage capabilities due to large band gap

Failure Friday - Break something at the office this week? We want to hear about it!

• Billed the wrong phase of a project
• Dry air means static buildup, I don't think my 3v test circuit appreciated being a path to ground :'-(
• I ran over a 3D printer with a forklift
• Saw a customer supplied "napkin sketch" that stated 12'x12" (12 feet x 12 inches).
  • "I read it as 12 inches x 12 inches, product was cut to that size."
  • Customer was not happy
• Sparky sparky boom boom

What to do to make your open source project more accessible - or more popular

• Use popular tool chains and environments for ease of access
  • If the tool chain is not simple to install, offer a docker or really good instructions
  • Document your process and have someone test your instructions!
• Cherish all feedback
• If someone has a problem, do not say "works for me"
  • They may have found an edge case to fix!