Harold 'Sonny' White
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And so it's the current that we're currently working on right now. We're trying to get the current up to that 25 microamp ability right now. And so that's the stuff that we're doing โ Every month we're trying to do another generation of chips to go through and work the material science and get that capacity to that level. And making chips, that's tough. That is tough business.
So it's been quite the slog. We've been doing this since 2020. The first chips we worked on took us โ 18 months to make. And then we got the time down to 12 months. And then we got the time down to seven months. And then we got these guys down to, it's actually, this was a two-week sprint from the time we did the design to the time we got them in hand.
So it's been quite the slog. We've been doing this since 2020. The first chips we worked on took us โ 18 months to make. And then we got the time down to 12 months. And then we got the time down to seven months. And then we got these guys down to, it's actually, this was a two-week sprint from the time we did the design to the time we got them in hand.
So it's been quite the slog. We've been doing this since 2020. The first chips we worked on took us โ 18 months to make. And then we got the time down to 12 months. And then we got the time down to seven months. And then we got these guys down to, it's actually, this was a two-week sprint from the time we did the design to the time we got them in hand.
But roughly, we're anticipating we can make these generations once a month. So making chips is very different from how we view the rest, like this wooden table, right? If you think about making something, you think about drills and saws and cutting holes and putting bolts in and so forth. But when you talk about making chips, it's an entirely different approach to how you make things.
But roughly, we're anticipating we can make these generations once a month. So making chips is very different from how we view the rest, like this wooden table, right? If you think about making something, you think about drills and saws and cutting holes and putting bolts in and so forth. But when you talk about making chips, it's an entirely different approach to how you make things.
But roughly, we're anticipating we can make these generations once a month. So making chips is very different from how we view the rest, like this wooden table, right? If you think about making something, you think about drills and saws and cutting holes and putting bolts in and so forth. But when you talk about making chips, it's an entirely different approach to how you make things.
You make things with... with light, and you make things with plasma. This would be a good opportunity for me to use a little verbal description, and then you can grade me on how well I communicate this. So in concept, how do you make something smaller than what you can see with your eyeballs? So ordinarily, when we want to look at something very small, we use a microscope.
You make things with... with light, and you make things with plasma. This would be a good opportunity for me to use a little verbal description, and then you can grade me on how well I communicate this. So in concept, how do you make something smaller than what you can see with your eyeballs? So ordinarily, when we want to look at something very small, we use a microscope.
You make things with... with light, and you make things with plasma. This would be a good opportunity for me to use a little verbal description, and then you can grade me on how well I communicate this. So in concept, how do you make something smaller than what you can see with your eyeballs? So ordinarily, when we want to look at something very small, we use a microscope.
So we've got this optical system we look through, and then we look at something. Maybe it's got a paramecium or whatever in it. Now, what we're looking at is very tiny, and we use optics to blow that up. And in some cases, instead of putting our eyes against the little viewports on the microscope, maybe we'll put an imager, a camera, on there.
So we've got this optical system we look through, and then we look at something. Maybe it's got a paramecium or whatever in it. Now, what we're looking at is very tiny, and we use optics to blow that up. And in some cases, instead of putting our eyes against the little viewports on the microscope, maybe we'll put an imager, a camera, on there.
So we've got this optical system we look through, and then we look at something. Maybe it's got a paramecium or whatever in it. Now, what we're looking at is very tiny, and we use optics to blow that up. And in some cases, instead of putting our eyes against the little viewports on the microscope, maybe we'll put an imager, a camera, on there.
And the camera will collect the image and put it on a big screen, a big LCD screen. Now, if you think about that in reverse, what if you, you know, like let's say you're looking at our chips and you're seeing these squares and circles and tiny little different shapes and so forth. But it's projected on a big screen. Now imagine for a moment instead.
And the camera will collect the image and put it on a big screen, a big LCD screen. Now, if you think about that in reverse, what if you, you know, like let's say you're looking at our chips and you're seeing these squares and circles and tiny little different shapes and so forth. But it's projected on a big screen. Now imagine for a moment instead.
And the camera will collect the image and put it on a big screen, a big LCD screen. Now, if you think about that in reverse, what if you, you know, like let's say you're looking at our chips and you're seeing these squares and circles and tiny little different shapes and so forth. But it's projected on a big screen. Now imagine for a moment instead.
You go through in some CAD program and you draw squares and circles or whatever. Maybe you draw a picture of Jamie's head, right? And then you go through and you take that digital file you just created and you kind of look at this whole process that I was talking about in reverse.
You go through in some CAD program and you draw squares and circles or whatever. Maybe you draw a picture of Jamie's head, right? And then you go through and you take that digital file you just created and you kind of look at this whole process that I was talking about in reverse.
You go through in some CAD program and you draw squares and circles or whatever. Maybe you draw a picture of Jamie's head, right? And then you go through and you take that digital file you just created and you kind of look at this whole process that I was talking about in reverse.
And so instead of using an imager to collect the image, you use a projector to project the image back down through the optics system. where now you project some shape you want to manifest on a chip. But you can't see it. You could look at it with your eyes, but you couldn't see it. But you're using this projection system through the microscope in reverse to put the image down on the chip.