I saw this video yesterday and considered posting it, but I wasn’t sure if it was appropriate for HN.
This channel has another video where it shows how the clean room lab is created starting from a basic backyard shed, and that was truly astounding. The positive pressure to keep the number of particles low in someone’s backyard is almost mystical to me.
vlovich123 9 minutes ago [-]
You’re not sure if someone building a RAM clean room in a shed is appropriate for HackerNews, literally “news for nerds”? A dictionary purchase may be warranted
waterTanuki 15 minutes ago [-]
Recently I saw a post about Bonsai trees on the front page. Making your own RAM is 100% more relevant to HN than quite a few posts I see on the main page.
Rendello 1 days ago [-]
I wasn't expecting what the inside of the shed would be like!
debo_ 12 minutes ago [-]
Mom: We have RAM at home!
RAM at home:
schmeichel 33 minutes ago [-]
Subscribed. Genuinely looking forward to what this gent gets up to.
dlcarrier 1 days ago [-]
This guy is proof that newcomers to YouTube can still succeed, if they find the right niche.
CamperBob2 24 minutes ago [-]
Spoiler: we never actually get to see the RAM tested
eichin 6 minutes ago [-]
The graphs towards the end were discharge curves for a single transistor/capacitor cell out of only 16 present, if I understood correctly? So "enough cells to count as memory" and "addressing logic" are definitely future work (it looked like he wanted to characterize what the refresh cycle would have to look like before actually building more.) I was kind of surprised that the "use a microscope as a photolithography projector" approach worked at all, it will be interesting to see how that scales up...
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This channel has another video where it shows how the clean room lab is created starting from a basic backyard shed, and that was truly astounding. The positive pressure to keep the number of particles low in someone’s backyard is almost mystical to me.
RAM at home: