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deep-tech

I’m Starting to Think the Boring Technologies Might Make the Best Companies

The more time I spend around deep tech, the more I notice that pumps, actuators, cooling systems, coatings, replacement parts, connectors, and manufacturing processes can solve enormous problems even though nobody is putting them on magazine covers.

17 Aug

deep-tech

I Finally Understand Why One Wafer Can Become Thousands of Chips

One semiconductor wafer can become hundreds or even thousands of chips. Understanding why changed how I think about semiconductor manufacturing, capacity, yield, and scale.

16 Aug