Making RAM at Home [video]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6GWikWlAQA

Article

  • YouTuber builds a functional RAM chip in a backyard shed clean room
  • Documents the full semiconductor fabrication process from scratch
  • Channel also shows building the clean room itself from a basic shed

Discussion

  • Commenters amazed by the inside of the shed and 1100°C backyard diffusion furnace
  • Jokes: free-range artisanal DRAM, DownloadMoreRAM, “RAM at home” meme
  • One commenter notes the chip is never actually tested on camera

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Added Apr 22, 2026
Modified Apr 22, 2026