38C3 - From Silicon to Sovereignty: How Advanced Chips are Redefining Global Dominance

media.ccc.de · 11.1K views · 2025-01-28 · 40:02

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Overview

A 38C3 talk on how advanced chips are made, centered on EUV lithography and the global supply chain behind it. It covers technical challenges from raw materials to finished chips and the geopolitical weight of semiconductors.

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HN users recommend it as an excellent, accessible overview of how modern chips are produced and why EUV matters.

Recommended by 5 HN people across 5 months · HN mentions 2025–2026

Topics

Semiconductors & chip manufacturing Geopolitics & foreign policy

What people said

brokenmachine · 2026-04 · Strong recommendation
This was the one that did it for me: "38C3 - From Silicon to Sovereignty: How Advanced Chips Are Redefining Global Dominance" [VIDEO] Absolutely insane stuff.
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KellyCriterion · 2026-02 · Strong recommendation
There is an excellent video from German CCC on how chips are produced from their last convention: [VIDEO] I can highly recommend this to everybody who is "somehow in tech or IT"
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ta12653421 · 2025-11 · Strong recommendation
LOL, I recommend highly to everyone who thinks a startup can challenge ASML this 1.38min video: [LINK] Its an industrial flight video through a ASML TWIN Exe HighNAV. Here is also a presentation of ~45min at CCC / Germany (in English language) which I highly recommend to watch: [VIDEO] Especially the explanation how they use two milisecond laser shots to first molt the tin and then distribute it symetrically(!!!) with a second shot across the surface. There IS NO chance that this startup will be able to somehow compete, if even Chinese state actors cant do it (yet).
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