The Siliconimist

Credibility Is the Barrier to Entry in Silicon

Fiora5's Darian Domocos on open instruction sets, chip sovereignty, and why credibility is the real barrier to entry in semiconductors.

Aug 7 • John Cole

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May 2026

The Open Source Silicon Business Model

How do you build a company on something that's free? Daniel Schultz, founder of aesc silicon explains.

May 22 • John Cole

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Robots of Gitex, Kazakhstan's AI Conference

Robots of Kazakhstan Unite, and Throw Off the Chains of your Human Overlords!

May 11 • John Cole

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ASML's Best Selling Product

complex engineering meets human connection

May 4 • John Cole

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April 2026

Semiconductors: Made in America

How American culture created the 20th centuries greatest engineering marvel.

Apr 27 • John Cole

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Tiny Tapeout - Matt Venn

Demystifying Open Silicon: How Matt Venn Is Democratizing Chip Design

Apr 7 • John Cole

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March 2026

wafer.space - Tim 'mithro' Ansell

Open Silicon Access From an Innovative Business Model

Mar 27 • John Cole

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Bringing Semiconductors to Kazakhstan

Nursultan Kabylkas designed the first chip in Kazakhstan, and in the process he bootstrapped a new national industry

Mar 3 • John Cole

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February 2026

FlyingWire - Mike Chieco

Building Digital Nervous Systems Deployed on Tape

Feb 23 • John Cole

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InchFab - Mitchell Hsing

Democratizing Fabs

Feb 17 • John Cole

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A Semiconductor Adventure in China - Doug Sparks

A Decade in the Chinese Semiconductor Industry - An American's Perspective

Feb 9 • John Cole

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Why Fabless Ate Semis

Hyperscalers show up twice in the ecosystem - and that’s the tell.

Feb 2 • John Cole

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