I don't get it. How is Jim Keller running a brand new, hard tech startup while being CEO of Tenstorrent at the same time?
So Elon Musk can be the CEO of multiple companies but Jim Keller can't be CEO of two quickly growing startups?
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Jim Keller's startup is building a factory to mass-produce small chip fabs
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#22The article mentions, but doesn't explicitly state, that they're going to be using electron beam lithography. Makes sense for their low volume and/or prototype fab goal, but I'm curious how well that would work for prototyping to fab at high volume with the likes of TSMC or Intel. I would assume that re-targeting a design to a different fab's process would change enough about it that you might as well just do verific…
I think this might make a lot of sense in modern warfare scenarios: We're seeing in Ukraine that being able to produce weapons such as drones in very small production facilities using 3D printers and 'simple' technology makes it very hard for an adversary to shut down said production.
The more components can be produced in such a way, the better. Chips currently are quite an exception to that.
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#23I would've liked to read more about what they're doing, but their website fab2.com is unhelpful. Very little info, presented in pointless swirling animations that hijack your scroll action.
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#24I don't get it. How is Jim Keller running a brand new, hard tech startup while being CEO of Tenstorrent at the same time?
Chuck Norris will pass his torch to Jim Keller.
Jim won't have a say in the matter.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Aww, I really wanted a cottage industry of chip manufacturing
I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing? It seems like fab2 is the definition of cottage industry chip manugacturing.
> I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing?
Wouldn't many 1000s of mini-fabs make for a significant combined manufacturing capacity?
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#26This is a great idea and hope it works out, especially on shoring chips back here in the states. That being said, their website is absolutely atrocious. One of the very few sites I got motion sickness from scrolling. [1] https://fab2.com/
It even manages to lag on my one year old flagship phone! Impressive! :)
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#27> ... chip architect Jim Keller and DIY fabrication pioneer Sam Zeloof, has rebranded as Fab2 and moved its operations to Texas
> Fab2 now operates three sites: a 120,000 square foot facility in Austin serves as the new headquarters for research and production, a 30,000 square foot site in Lockhart houses the "fab fab" itself, and the original 25,000 square foot "garage fab" remains in San Francisco.
> Fab2 said it shifted its hiring focus to Texas after four years in California
Is California not what it used to be for startups? (I'm not saying Texas doesn't have an history of tech startups: it had the likes of Texas Instruments and many others in the early days)
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#28Applied for a job, but their recruiter was trash. Still, hope it works out for the company.
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing? It seems like fab2 is the definition of cottage industry chip manugacturing.
> I'm sorry but isn't cottage industry synonymous with small-scale manufacturing? Wouldn't many 1000s of mini-fabs make for a significant combined manufacturing capacity?
Thats what a cottage industry is? A lot of small producers making up a larger industry.
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#30> ... chip architect Jim Keller and DIY fabrication pioneer Sam Zeloof, has rebranded as Fab2 and moved its operations to Texas > Fab2 now operates three sites: a 120,000 square foot facility in Austin serves as the new headquarters for research and production, a 30,000 square foot site in Lockhart houses the "fab fab" itself, and the original 25,000 square foot "garage fab" remains in San Francisco. > Fab2 said it s…
I saw some innovative nuclear projects are also building in Lockhart https://oklo.com/isotopes/texas/default.aspx