I am an electrical engineer and want to make my own ASIC, does anyone know?Preferably something 30k or cheaper, i cannot afford industrial ones ofc
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>>107827586Sadly I don't live in taiwan
>>107827577have you checked Facebook Marketplace?
ebay+old university connections. Its not one machine but multiple ones you have to buy yourself. Best case you get a old SEM and go from there but you can also make do with a 3d printer and a laser.
>>107827615Yes actually, mostly under electronics it's mostly old ramUnder machinery it is mostly tractors
>>107827631Would an electronic microscope be suitable?Well, I could try building one myself, I have low hopes for the transistor density however
>>107827577Yes, it's less than 30k million Eur still to set up a production, if you are good at it.
>>107827672Best I could imagine doing is a half micrometer transistor, maybe it'd be enough
>>107827683Actual industrial photolitography machines nowdays cost 300 mil
>>107827672>Would an electronic microscope be suitable?thats a SEM yes. No you can't build a SEM yourself if you have to ask its very likely going to kill you. Well high transistor density is never going to be a goal for a diy setup. You can get somewhat high with EBL but that is not for very complex setups you still need a lot of materials for that. You can do something similar to EBL via lasers as well but they will have worse resolution which shouldn't matter for you anyway. You are not going to get something down to 100nm with 1% tolerance need a good clean room and magic for that. Zeloof did use EBL if I remember right but he had access to a lot of equipment.
>>107827577Can you really make your own computer chips with less than $30k? I saw a youtube video of someone etching shit at 2 micrometers, but he was just etching a piece of glass. And if you can spend $30k, can't you just send the design to these chip manufacturers for them to make it for you like people do with PCBs?
>>107827577This guy made one from a microscope and projectorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nxz_ENnmgtIthere's a lot of ancillary lab equipment though, like a furnace and wire bonding machine, likely exceeding that budget
>>107827577I'll make the logo
>>107827746Well I was referring to using a laser, not building a SEMI'll look into it further
