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How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany

Asianometry · 1M views · 2023-01-12 · 21:59

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Asianometry examines how East Germany tried and failed to build a native semiconductor industry despite heavy investment, including the espionage involved in acquiring Western microelectronics technology.

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HN commenters share it in chip fab and industrial espionage threads as a well-researched account of East Germany's failed microelectronics effort.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2023–2024

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Semiconductors & chip manufacturingWorld historyGeopolitics & foreign policy
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flohofwoe · 2024-08 · Recommendation

Regarding the microelectronics industry behind the Iron Curtain, this is a well researched video by Asianometry, which actually contains a couple of details (unlike the Politico article) about the spycraft involved: [VIDEO] (based on the first-person account book 'Deckname Saale' by Gerhardt Ronneberger)

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nntwozz · 2023-08 · Recommendation

Just want to share these relevant videos from Asianometry: How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany [VIDEO] Why Europe Lost Semiconductors [LINK] Europe’s Lost Decades in Semiconductors [LINK]

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3seashells · 2023-11 · Reference

I weep for the Chinese researchers never getting funding and a moment in the sun, cause a incompetent secret service/insecure government prefers copying. [VIDEO]

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