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<aside> 👋 My goal is to help the world understand semiconductor design and manufacturing by collecting the best information on the business and technology of semiconductor products and manufacturing.

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About me

@roblh: Worked in semis for ~5 years at Intel, including 3 years enabling the BD team at Intel Custom Foundry. Spent about 18 months on a too-ambitious CHIPs Act project for a new leading-edge foundry. Writing about semis and other advanced manufacturing at https://roblh.substack.com.

Resources

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History

Culture and Dynamics

• The Tinkerings of Robert Noyce | Esquire
  • A narrative view of the beginnings of the semi industry. Amazing insight into the people and cultures they brought that made Silicon Valley into what it is.
• High Output Management by Andy Grove (Book)
  • Andy Grove’s definitive textbook on how to run a semiconductor business. His framework for the different kinds and purposes of meetings has largely been adopted across the industry, especially with Google’s modifications for software-related work. Worth a read if only to see how much the man who defined meeting culture hated meeting culture’s wastefulness.
• Only the Paranoid Survive by Andy Grove (Book)
  • Andy’s other iconic book on leading through strategic inflection points, a common issue in both the design and manufacture of semiconductors.

Technology

Logic

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKtxx9TnH76QY5FjmO3NaUkVJvTPN9Vmg

Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics

Construction

https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-to-build-a-20-billion-semiconductor

Calculate Die Yield

https://semianalysis.com/die-yield-calculator/