I only buy free-range artisanal DRAM at the DRAM farmer's market.
LPisGoodtoday at 3:51 AM
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.
illuminumtoday at 12:27 PM
It appears that the creator built a setup inspired by HackerFab, which is a collection of open source tools and resources for chip manufacturing. It's a fantastic project, and I recommend people check it out:
1999. We will have flying cars
2024. LLMs - there will be robots
2026. How to make your own RAM
the-smug-onetoday at 6:09 AM
So, I get that we charge the capacitor up, and that it leaks so we must recharge it periodically. I don't get two things:
1. How is the value read? Is it reading the leak?
2. How is recharging done? I guess the leak itself (assuming my guess in 1. holds) could provide charge for some logic that checks "if has charge then recharge else nop".
I still don't really get transistors :P, but this was cool.
apatheticoniontoday at 6:11 AM
I'm not sure this is what they meant when they said they wanted to bring manufacturing back to the USA lol
jukkantoday at 5:12 AM
"There is no DownloadMoreRAM, it's just some guy in a backyard shed."
This guy is proof that newcomers to YouTube can still succeed, if they find the right niche.
mrfathatoday at 12:15 PM
I always dreamed about this when i was a child
readitalreadytoday at 4:41 AM
Backyard semiconductor production is pretty similar to backyard barbecue. Lots of heating, smoking (diffusion), injecting (ion implant), and layering..
kennywinkertoday at 4:55 AM
Nobody tell openai about this, they’ll buy up all his stock
Rendelloyesterday at 1:02 AM
I wasn't expecting what the inside of the shed would be like!
fastjack42today at 7:36 AM
Technologies that were considered "high-tech" 20-30 years ago are now accessible to regular people. Making DRAM. I remember a video recently of a guy making his own floppy disks.
Next I expect people to manufacture integrated circuits that have been discontinued. Like the Z80
debo_today at 4:03 AM
Mom: We have RAM at home!
RAM at home:
jandhdhshhhtoday at 5:01 AM
This is incredible! 1100 degrees in your backyard shed! And the video explains it well too
darrenc81today at 8:08 AM
Oh man my shed could never be this clean
schmeicheltoday at 3:42 AM
Subscribed. Genuinely looking forward to what this gent gets up to.
clauderxtoday at 7:54 AM
You're telling me we can free download more RAM now?
rzgrozttoday at 11:15 AM
nowadays, we need cheap ram solutions :')
ReptileMantoday at 6:17 AM
We need to be able to make semiconductors at home for computing freedom to be preserved the way the world is going.
CamperBob2today at 3:52 AM
Spoiler: we never actually get to see the RAM tested
yuvrajmalgattoday at 8:21 AM
such good idea ( so called home made )
shevy-javatoday at 8:19 AM
Considering how AI companies and older hardware manufacturing
companies are driving up the RAM prices - thus, milking all of
us ultimately - I think 3D printing needs to become the new
default. And affordable too, eventually (it already is, for
cheap things, e. g. plastics or PLA based printing, this is
often much cheaper than ordering this from a company, but I
mean with regards to computer systems too. Naturally right now
we are far away from the nanoscale here, but I see this simply
as a situation that will change eventually, given enough time).
Those AI companies and hardware manufacturers lost all right to
further dictate and increase prices. Capitalism does not work
as de-facto blackmail monopoly - or should not. If a state fails
to protect the people, such as in the USA right now under the
orange king, then the people need to insist on change. ALL
steps against this tyranny from a few superrich needs to end.
Right now the legislation is going in the way how lobbyists
want this, e. g. trying to make 3D printing illegal, but I
think technology will obsolete such illegal laws eventually.
Tyranny will eventually fail.