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There is an answer but you’ll probably only manage to get it by going through semiconductor devices history and determining the hardware required at each step.

A quick search yielded this blog post though of someone attempting - and managing - production of a basic 1200-transistors semiconductor device in their garage, which I found rather neat.

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BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

which I found rather neat

I concur, what a great post. Special software for the layout? Please! I’ve got a photoshop license, it’ll have to do.

The rest of us get our calculators at staples, this guy buys the components at the chemical supply store.

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- ZILtoid1991@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
  And once small-scale semiconductor manufacturing becomes easier and more feasible, we will have "OpenChipCAD" or something like that.
  
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  - Eufalconimorph@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago
    We’ve had open-source chip design software since the 1980s. Magic VLSI, for example. There are quite a few OSS tools for various parts of the chip design process.
    
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