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How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany

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How far is one working chip from a viable production line? →Work backward from a die that passed test. How many others passed on that wafer? Who qualified the machinery? Was the line under financial pressure before an interruption?This video helps answer · Which milestone did the purchase actually reach?

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Asianometry recounts how East Germany acquired microelectronics technology. An organization able to obtain a component might lack the expertise to identify what the fab needed. Possessing designs and equipment left the task of reproducing a process locally.

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Because the Stasi were spymasters not technical experts
How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany · ▶ 14:15–14:22
I'm giving you the best technology available, why can’t you use it?
How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany · ▶ 18:06–18:10

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