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HackerFab IITB Is Building a Student Chip Fab
An IIT Bombay student team documents its open-source effort to build semiconductor fabrication tools and make hands-on chipmaking accessible across India.
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The project combines several fabrication stages rather than presenting a single software tool: lithography, spincoating, sputtering, furnace processing, and thermal evaporation. Its reported targets include 1µm feature patterns, spincoater control to 6000rpm, and furnace operation up to 1100°C. The site also points outward, offering documentation for teams that want to establish their own HackerFab and describing a broader student network across India.
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