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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by tralarpa on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:42AM (#27957867)
As somebody without any experience in that field: When you say "codebase", what is that? Is it code describing circuit blocks (e.g. an ALU) that is reused in different projects or is it code for the tools that you use? (in-house tools, plugins for commercial tools, etc.)
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Re:TSMC eyes Germany as possible location for first Europe c... by Heliosmaster on Monday July 26, 2021 @08:07AM (#27958426)
There are several machines required to make a chip, and many steps involved. Those machines are crazy complex and accurate (i remember having a precision of around 3 atoms of silicon, femtometer scale). I meant firmware fot these machines, in general. Crazy complex (and amazing) tools with complex software
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