Computer DIY Chip Making at a Whole New Level

[jedishrfu]

TL;DR Summary

Student builds chips at home in his garage.

https://arstechnica.com/information...-year-old-builds-chips-in-his-parents-garage/

 

[berkeman]

Good for him. I do have to say I hope he is careful and responsible about how he handles and disposes of the chemicals involved. Some of them are quite nasty (there was a moderate-size IC fab operation in the back-half of an HP division that I worked in about 30 years ago).

I thought this part was funny:

Late in 2018, Zeloof started at Carnegie Mellon University, hacking on pieces of garage fab equipment in his dorm room while studying electrical engineering. Although he says he followed safety protocols, the university took exception to the x-ray machine in his dorm room

Nice job of bonding out his "Z1" chip:

 

[jedishrfu]

It's scary what kids get into:
- boy scout salvages the radioactive components of smoke detectors and makes his garage a superfund site
- that kid doing the Jacob's ladder high-voltage electrical video for Youtube
- kid doing fusion research in garage later accepted into college to do same

Boy Scout Followup
https://www.foxnews.com/story/radioactive-boy-scout-charged-in-smoke-detector-theft

Jacob's Ladder Video
Located somewhere on PF, be the first to find it and become a PF star.

Youngest Fusion researcher
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.co...-nuclear-fusion-in-his-family-playroom-631163

 

[berkeman]

Youngest Fusion researcher
https://www.guinnessworldrecords.co...-nuclear-fusion-in-his-family-playroom-631163

Hopefully fairly soon somebody will give him the tip to not block cooling holes with decals...

 

[anorlunda]

- boy scout salvages the radioactive components of smoke detectors and makes his garage a superfund site

As long as they don't defy the warning label and start ingesting them.

 

[jedishrfu]

Sadly the Boy Scout has facial lesions that authorities believe came from handling the Americium 241.

 

[berkeman]

Sadly the Boy Scout has facial lesions that authorities believe came from handling the Americium 241.

Yeah, it's sad, but partly Darwin in action. I wish he would have had better Mentors (parents?) when he was young.

 

[jedishrfu]

So true.