You may have noted a few weeks off in September…Chris was busy with a new kiddo!Starship launch was awesome, but Blue Origin might beat them to market?Chris has been troubleshooting some boards he had made recently. It was pre-baby so sleep deprivation can’t explain some of the screw ups!PCB Carolina was a local tradeshowTechTechPotato talks about layoffs at SiFive. Article about the layoffs.RP1 showRetroPieOversupply in the market is hitting some silicon vendorsDr Michael Burry (highlighted in The Big Short) has been shorting the semiconductor industryAt the end of the movie the epilogue talks about how Dr Burry is watching water as well, possibly why he’s shorting semis?Chris wondered if Steve Sanghi mentioned why they’re still in Arizona while he was on the showNuclear Diamond Battery videoSnapEDA“off by one letter” error while ordering partsPCF85063BTL vs PCF85063ATLScotty does a tour of the WorldSemi (makers of the WS2812B) factory, it’s awesome!Ben Hencke of ElectroMage makes the PixelBlaze, which is a great way to drive LED stripsDave was talking to past guest of the show, Andrea Morello, about future changes to Quantum computersChina is turning off exports of Germanium and Gallium, which could impact the upstream supply for the chip industry, including around specialty semis.BreakdownBunnie writes about why the US shouldn’t put restrictions on RISC V (agree!)KiCon has happened in Europe and China now, check out the talks on the KiCad YouTube channel.Future (distributor) was acquired by WT Microelectronics out of TaiwanCheck out this 1975 tour of a UNIVAC manufacturing plant