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Asianometry
By Jon YTechnology
Asianometry episodes
- Let’s Break Down the 45nm Process NodeMy back aches as I write this, but can you believe that 2007 was almost twenty years ago? That year the 45-nanometer process node first entered high volume production. It was a long time ago. But still, I thought it might be worth examining. In today’s video, let us together lavishly break down the 45-nanometer process node. Gird your loins, folks. This is a big one.
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58 min - Can Superconductors Put an AI Data Center into a Shoebox?There has been a lot of talk recently about building AI data centers. Massive data centers. Recall that famous one posted by Zuck superimposed over Manhattan. The thought of these monstrosities sucking up water and power for the sake of ChatGPT tokens gets some people very worried. What if we can put all of that in a shoebox? That’s the pitch from a young deeptech startup called Snowcap Compute, which I met with during my recent visit to the US. They’ve been working on something that promises miniscule heat dissipation and speeds in the hundreds of gigahertz. And it depends on superconductors. It sounds like sci-fi but the technology has a heritage stretching back to IBM in the 1960s. I must admit that this one is rather heavy. But I can’t stop thinking about it. In this video, RSFQ, RQL and Snowcap's superconducting computer.
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24 min - The Curious Database Powering America's HospitalsMassachusetts General Hospital Utility Multi-Programming System or MUMPS is a pioneering language and database. Originally designed for one of America’s most prominent hospitals, MUMPS has since spread far outside the ward. In this video, we talk MUMPS. Is it a programming language? A database? It's both. And it still powers much of America's healthcare facilities.
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19 min - TSMC Arizona: What About the Water?Right now, TSMC Arizona's completed Fab 21 Phase 1 consumes about 18,000 cubic meters of water every day. That’s about 4.75 million gallons of water, each day. And there are two more phases coming up. Semiconductor manufacturing is water intensive and that has made some people anxious about TSMC's arrival to the Arizona desert. More than a few people have asked, "Don’t these fabs use a ton of water? Why are we building them in the desert?" The answer of course is that Phoenix offers TSMC certain things that are not easily found elsewhere. Water is scarce there, sure. But it is not impossible to find, the amounts are manageable, and it can be recycled. Some claim the facility is stealing water from farmers. Saying, “You can't eat chips!” (Technically you can) The implication being we can only have one or the other. I don't think that's true. Farms use way more water than TSMC. In today's video, I want to revisit the fab in the desert and take a dip into the water situation.
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21 min - Singapore Tried to Grow More of Its Own Food...Singapore was once rated as one of the world's most food secure countries. Though 90% of their food is imported, it is imported from 170+ countries around the world. But in 2019 - climate change concerns led the government to try to produce 30% of its nutritional needs locally by 2030. Without greatly expanding farmland. They called it 30 by 30. But the policy struggled to find its footing and in November 2025, the government waved the white flag and dropped it. In today’s video, Singapore’s failed local agricultural aspirations. The right goal at the wrong time.
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25 min - Why the Original Apple Silicon FailedIn 1991, three once-fierce enemies - Apple, IBM, and Motorola - formed an alliance. At the press conference, IBM president Jack Kuehler proclaimed that their partnership would launch a "renaissance in technological innovation". Apple CEO John Sculley added that it would be "the bridge over the great divide to a new object frontier". Whatever that means. The most visible product of this threesome was PowerPC. A super-fast chip architecture made to take on Intel's solidifying monopoly. In today’s video, a story about hitting monopolies head-on, the original Apple Silicon: PowerPC.
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39 min - TSMC's Incredible 2nm Curvy MasksAll indications point to TSMC's N2 process node being a beautiful one. TSMC recently discussed their 2nm process node at IEDM 2024, calling it the "world’s most advanced logic technology". N2’s headlining feature is of course the Gate-All-Around transistor. Its first major transistor transition in nearly 15 years. But there is another new technology being inserted into the node: The Curvilinear mask, or masks with curved lines. TSMC's first node with curvy masks. Curves. Big whoop, right? It matters because these masks unlock the power of GPUs for semiconductor manufacturing. In this video, TSMC’s curvy masks for its 2nm node.
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19 min - The Mac Clone King's Brief ReignIn 1994, Apple began offering licenses to produce Macintosh clone computers. The move came nearly 10 years late. Windows already had 80% market share then, leaving Apple with just about 7%. Apple had hoped to sign a big company. Instead they got a small startup called Power Computing. But as Power quickly exploded from 0 to $130 million to nearly $400 million in annual revenue...Apple started to get second thoughts. In today's video, the explosive rise and collapse of the Mac Clone king.
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21 min - The American Catalog Home Boom and BustFor over 20 years until the end of the 1920s, the American catalog home boomed and busted. The whole business model was fascinating. Flip through this wonderfully illustrated catalog from Sears or Aladdin Homes, find a house, and then buy. Then they shipped you the house. Your house is now in the mail! How did this industry suddenly explode into being? And what eventually ended it? In this video, let us dive into the rise and fall of the kit houses in the catalogs.
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23 min - Australia's Forgotten Electronics GiantI came across a super interesting article from 1988, titled "Australia's new world-standard IC foundry". It profiled a leading-edge silicon fab built by an Australian electronics company I had never heard of: Amalgamated Wireless Australasia, or AWA. In the 20th century, AWA produced radios, televisions, and other electronics. They were once Australia's largest electronics company. And in the 1980s, they built one of the world's most advanced semiconductor fabs. Sadly, it was torn down for reasons I scarcely believe. In today’s video, we cover one of Australia's most iconic companies. Now forgotten.
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Newsletter for the Asianometry channel. Studies on Asia - Financials, semiconductors, history, demography, development and other stuff.
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