Home Chip Fab
I was at Semicon Japan last year in December and I learn about the coolest semiconductor company (non profit research organization) ever - MinimalFab [1]. There isn't much information their website but this [2] video explains what MinimalFab is about. Essentially, it is a cleanroom-free, modularized fab where each process step in a fab is like a little ATM machine. Miniaturization of complex fab processes is mind blowing and everything is contained inside the machine including a Class 100 environment. Load a tiny quarter sized wafer in a cassette to process and move material from one machine to another. This kind of a fab setup would be incredibly useful to R&D fabs in universities and small scale fabrication for military, space, defense and perhaps even hobby use.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.minimalfab.com/en/" rel="nofollow">https://www.minimalfab.com/en/</a>
[2] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOVbmfYxoM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsOVbmfYxoM</a>