In this episode, Tim ‘mithro’ Ansell shares his journey from software engineering to leading innovations in hardware, including open source silicon and most recently, founding wafer.space. Tim shares with us how open source principles are transforming the semiconductor industry, lowering barriers to entry, and enabling a new wave of innovation and entrepreneurship.
“Open source is fundamentally transforming hardware.”
We talk about how lowering costs and increasing accessibility can revolutionize the industry and inspire and empower a new wave of creators.
Wafer Space
wafer.space arose from the ashes of open silicon leader Efabless; when the pioneering firm shut down, Tim sprang into action, founding wafer.space to fill the void in the open silicon community.
“Cost strategies are key to democratizing hardware.”
In this episode we dive deep on the business model for open silicon, and how wafer.space is learning from history, and building back better.
Wafer space offers silicon to anyone; the platform effectively removes the "wealth barrier" to custom silicon, making it as easy to order a chip as it is to order a custom PCB.
Wafer.space’s second run has just opened up on CrowdSupply, so if you’ve always wanted to create your own semiconductor, now is your chance!
