How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany
Asianometry2 HN recommenders · recommended in 2 months, 2023-2024
1M views · 3 years ago · documentary · evergreen
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.
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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4 comments from Hacker News
Regarding 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: ▶ this video (based on the first-person account book 'Deckname Saale' by Gerhardt Ronneberger)
I weep for the Chinese researchers never getting funding and a moment in the sun, cause a incompetent secret service/insecure government prefers copying. ▶ this video
China is willing to point a firehose of resouroces at development targets, but that doesn't guarantee success. Semiconductors are really stinking hard! East Germany famously tried really hard to develop a native capability, but failed and wound up smuggling parts from the west and running years behind western firms: ▶ this video China is more willing to both reward and hold senior stakeholders responsible, as long as they aren't too closely allied with Xi
Just want to share these relevant videos from Asianometry: How Semiconductors Ruined East Germany ▶ this video Why Europe Lost Semiconductors link Europe’s Lost Decades in Semiconductors link