THE VIDEO SHELF · east german semiconductor industry
How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany
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.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN commenters share it in chip fab and industrial espionage threads as a well-researched account of East Germany's failed microelectronics effort.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Asianometry
- Topic
- east german semiconductor industry
- Format
- documentary
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2023–2024
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
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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]
nntwozz on Hacker News · 2023-08
In TSMC, Bosch, Infineon, and NXP to build fab in GermanyRegarding 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)
flohofwoe on Hacker News · 2024-08
In The Untold Story of How US Spies Sabotaged Soviet Technology
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