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

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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Why HN readers recommended it

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

This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.

Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
media.ccc.de
Topic
euv lithography
Format
talk
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
5
HN mentions in dataset
5
Recommendation years in dataset
2025–2026

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • 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 …

    ta12653421 on Hacker News · 2025-11
    In US startup Substrate announces chipmaking tool that it says will rival ASML

  • 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"

    KellyCriterion on Hacker News · 2026-02
    In ASML unveils EUV light source advance that could yield 50% more chips by 2030

  • 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.

    brokenmachine on Hacker News · 2026-04
    In Making RAM at Home [video]

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