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[Elliot Arledge @elliotarledge]

https://t.co/PXmiDmSFjR

[Will Manidis @WillManidis]

what is the most underrated pdf available online

[giyu_codes @giyu_codes]

https://t.co/89RTXFPx0o

[Josh Stroschein | The Cyber Yeti @jstrosch]

Great intro to #reverse #engineering blog by @0x6D6172636F along with some amazing #ascii art!

https://t.co/sUwTkQSPcC

[alz @alz_zyd_]

If you want to teach yourself CS at the bachelors degree level, these two books seem essential; what other books should you not miss?

[Քեյլա 🧌 @nectarinespls]

yall would not believe

[scot @skibibop]

my tweets are all bangers until i type them out

[scot @skibibop]

@nectarinespls i’ve been saying this for years

[adammaj @MajmudarAdam]

I was challenged to make a chip from scratch in <2 weeks with no prior experience

Here’s how I’m planning to speed run the entire learning process for chip design & fabrication (suggestions welcome)

1. Prerequisites
> Review circuits physics - (semiconductors, p-n, junctions, diodes, capacitors)
> Review computer systems - (transistors, gates, combinatorial logic, sequential logic, memory, ALU, CPU & Von Neumann architecture, machine language, assembly, C)

2. Chip Fabrication - How are chips actually manufactured?
> Read Microchip Fabrication (Peter Van Zant)
> Test: Rewatch @szeloof's chip fabrication videos, everything should make sense and should be able to explain it back
> Understand the progression of ASML machines
> Understand how EUV works in-depth

3. Architectures - What are the main chip designs used in chips today?
> Learn about x86 vs. ARM vs. RISC-V
> Learn RISC-V in-depth (chip tape-out will be using RISC-V CPU)

4. Electronic Design Automation - How do you design and verify your own chips to be sent for fabrication?
> Do @matthewvenn's zerotoasiccourse[.]com (learn chip design, verification, etc.)
> Design & test my own RISC-V ASIC with Verilog/OpenLANE/Caravel - right now I'm thinking of making either a minimal GPU or transformer accelerator, but open to any ideas
> Submit chip design for tape-out to TinyTapeout

5. ASICs - What application specific chips are used for in different industries? How do they work?
> AI Accelerators - Untether, Tenstorrent, Etched, Groq
> Telecomm - Network switches, routers, NICs, etc.
> Cars - engine control units (ECU), advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), etc.
> Finance - FPGAs for high-frequency trading

6. Technology Progressions - How has the technology in the chip industry progressed over the past few decades?
> Progression of advancements that led to Moore's Law
> Progression of advancements in NVIDIA GPUs
> Progression of advancements in TSMC fabrication process

7. Industry & Business - What are the dominant forces shaping the chip industry today?
> Read Chip War
> Understand the CHIPS act and geo-politics
> Understand the business of each part of the chip industry value chain (IP cores, EDA, wafer fab equipment, fabless chip cos, integrated device manufacturers, chip foundries, OSAT)

8. Opportunities - What are the big opportunities in this space?
> What are the big opportunities for large companies?
> What are the big areas of opportunity suitable for young founders?
> Where are the big VC bets going to be?
> What companies are still good investments?

Is it actually possible to do this in 2 weeks?
It's a very aggressive schedule but I actually think it's doable (I've started already and on-track so far). Partly posting so I can't not ship.

I'll be sharing what I learn/ship throughout the whole thing (and probably linking under this thread). Also going to post a more complete version of this thread with what I know in hindsight after - I anticipate that this schedule will change a lot.

What should I change about this? What should I add?
Any suggestions for what to update about this schedule/extra stuff I should be learning about/places I should be going/etc.

[Քեյլա 🧌 @nectarinespls]

“don’t look at me with your ssri stare”

[scot @skibibop]

@nectarinespls I fucking hate Australians so god damn much

[cole, PhD @coleprotocole]

stole some dudes zyns from the bar last night, thanks for the veterans day handout bud!

[scot @skibibop]

@NedajE42069 yeah sorry

[scot @skibibop]

@OmarIsakovic dude when i was India I took a piss in this outhouse and before i even washed my hands some guy walked up to me and was like

[scot @skibibop]

@brita_refill when I was 8 years old my dad called me gay for watching Pokémon

[John Hinckley @JohnHinckley20]

Listen to “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” by Neutral Milk Hotel. It’s my favorite album.

[Every Better Call Saul Frame In Order @breaking_frames]

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