Semiconductors & Chip Manufacturing Videos Hacker News Recommends

talk#3

Indistinguishable From Magic: Manufacturing Modern Computer Chips

Andor Gafotas

“This talk on YouTube is the most in depth explanation of IC manufacuring I have seen. I highly recommend it to anyone, no matter their background.”

19 HN recommenders · 2016–2024

explainer#207

The Extreme Engineering of ASML’s EUV Light Source

Asianometry

“This video from Asianometry on EUV light sources is well worth the watch. It's pretty incredible.”

11 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

interview#216

Jim Keller: Moore's Law, Microprocessors, and First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #70

Lex Fridman

“I was stunned by Jim's total command of Computer Architecture, and his deep insights about the subject.”

8 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#291

Jim Keller: Moore’s Law is Not Dead

UC Berkeley EECS

“It is worth watching Jim Keller's lecture at UC Berkeley literally titled "Moore's law is not dead".”

7 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

documentary#340

Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

Veritasium

“is goes into great detail on what it took to make the blue LED. It's quite fascinating.”

10 HN recommenders · 2024–2026

talk#563

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

media.ccc.de

“I can highly recommend this to everybody who is "somehow in tech or IT”

5 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

documentary#691

The man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize

BobbyBroccoli

“amazing piece of documentary”

6 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

talk#735

AWS re:Invent 2016: Tuesday Night Live with James Hamilton

Amazon Web Services

“The keynote by James Hamilton[1] is absolutely awesome.”

5 HN recommenders · 2016–2023

explainer#863

How does Computer Memory Work? 💻🛠

Branch Education

“It is both detailed enough and clear thanks to the simplified visuals.”

5 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

demo#1049

"Z2" - Upgraded Homemade Silicon Chips

Sam Zeloof

“It's fantastic and I highly recommend watching it.”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

documentary#1127

The Extreme Physics Pushing Moore’s Law to the Next Level

Seeker

“Seeker released a very insightful feature about the ASML Extreme UV / soft X-ray (13.5 nanometers) photolithography system”

5 HN recommenders · 2019–2023

tutorial#1219

Building a 6800 CPU on an FPGA with nMigen (part 1)

Robert Baruch

“I can only recommend these Youtube series, where nMigen is used to build a full 6800 CPU”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

explainer#1234

The $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System

Branch Education

“I highly recommend watching this video about lithography and the machine that makes it all possible”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

explainer#1242

How a transistor works

Ben Eater

“I found Ben Eater's videos on how semiconductors work and how transistors work interesting and enlightening.”

4 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#1259

36C3 - Open Source is Insufficient to Solve Trust Problems in Hardware

media.ccc.de

“Here's an excellent talk that addresses your question”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

talk#1466

Defcon 21 - Decapping Chips The Strike Easy Hard Way

HackersOnBoard

“One of my favourite talks is Decapping Chips the Hard Way by Adam Laurie and Zac Franken”

3 HN recommenders · 2014–2025

interview#1542

[7] Jim Keller, Silicon Wizard 🧙‍♂️

TechTechPotato

“It’s actually important (if you’re not an engineer) to listen to the whole thing, because he drops knowledge all over the place.”

3 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#1617

The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology

Veritasium

“The whole process was deep magic to me before I watched that video.”

5 HN recommenders · 2026

talk#1740

27c3: Reverse Engineering the MOS 6502 CPU (en)

Christiaan008

“This is a great presentation showing how this CPU is reverse engineered”

2 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

documentary#1763

Why The World Relies On ASML For Machines That Print Chips

CNBC

“Good video on ASML and semiconductor fabrication equipment in general”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

interview#1842

Morris Chang, in conversation with Jen-Hsun Huang

Computer History Museum

“here's a fascinating conversation from 5 years ago between Morris Chang (founder and chairman, TSMC) and Jen-Hsun Huang (CEO, Nvidia)”

3 HN recommenders · 2012–2023

demo#2193

Etching small patterns in Glass

Huygens Optics

“The video on micro etching glass with HF is highly informative on this post...”

4 HN recommenders · 2021–2024

documentary#2209

Birth of The Transistor: A video history of Japan's electronic industry. (Part 1)

RC286

“There is a four-part documentary I saw on YouTube that went into much more (fascinating) detail.”

3 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

tutorial#2319

Homebrew NMOS Transistor Step by Step - So Easy Even Jeri Can Do It

Jeri Ellsworth

“If you want to go further down, check out Jeri Ellsworth's old videos where she built a transistor at home”

3 HN recommenders · 2010–2023

demo#2347

Homemade Transistor Demonstration

Jeri Ellsworth

“One of my favorite channels as she's done many projects I've had interest in.”

2 HN recommenders · 2013–2021

lecture#2449

Stanford Seminar - Generalized Reversible Computing and the Unconventional Computing Landscape

Stanford Online

“his Stanford talk is extremely informative”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

explainer#3174

Where The Real Chip Shortage Is

Asianometry

“This video seems to be doing much better job at explaining the problem”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

talk#3194

Sophie Wilson - The Future of Microprocessors

Erlang Solutions

“Highly recommend watching this video”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2018

talk#3208

Reading Silicon: How to Reverse Engineer Integrated Circuits

HACKADAY

“The craft is explained nicely in this video”

2 HN recommenders · 2018–2021

documentary#3245

How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany

Asianometry

“this is a well researched video by Asianometry, which actually contains a couple of details (unlike the Politico article) about the spycraft involved”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2024

explainer#3248

China's 7nm Chips: SMIC N+2

Asianometry

“Probably one of the best high level insights into tech mfg in Asia.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2024

explainer#3249

How are Microchips Made? 🖥️🛠️ CPU Manufacturing Process Steps

Branch Education

“the Branch Education YouTube channel has great videos detailing the manufacturing process as well”

2 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

explainer#3325

India's Semiconductor Failure

Asianometry

“India had sound policies it was quite ahead of time when it created SCL, check this video for more”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

demo#3672

Unveiling High NA EUV | ASML

ASML

“I recommend highly to everyone who thinks a startup can challenge ASML this 1.38min video”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

demo#3773

14nm and 7nm are NOT what you think it is - Visiting Tescan Part 3/3

der8auer

“Here's a neat video where they use an electron microscope to actually compare the transistor sizes for Intel 14nm and AMD 7nm”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

talk#3990

[FOSSi Dial-Up] Tim Ansell - Skywater PDK: Fully open source manufacturable PDK for a 130nm process

FOSSi Foundation

“I suggest you watch this video from Google where they explain why they are doing what they are doing”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2024

tutorial#4295

Antique 4x5 camera creates 20 micron photolithography masks: Super tiny tax form

Applied Science

“There is a great video on creating lithographic masks on Ben Krasnow's Applied Science channel”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

explainer#4378

How Japan Learned Semiconductors

Asianometry

“There is an excellent video on this”

1 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

interview#4381

Moore's Law is Not Dead (Jim Keller) | AI Podcast Clips

Lex Fridman

“According to Jim Keller, yes, there is.”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2025

talk#4473

Change w/ Jim Keller

Tenstorrent

“If you are fan of the stack of s-curves, you will probably like this talk by Jim Keller.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023

talk#4750

Experiences Building Edge TPU with Chisel

Chisel

“Google had a really interesting talk on their experiences with Chisel in designing the first Edge TPU chip.”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2025