Re: Home-made SSI chips

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (JJ) wrote:
>I was wondering what would it take to make my own SSI chips?
>
>Of course I'm not talking about 90 nM resolution.. but something
>like 0.1 millimeters (at best). I have a 2400²dpi laser printer.
>
>How does one make a transistor? Is this technology reachable from
>the (enthusiast) hobbyst? Where could I find the necessary materials?

   It seems like the kind of thing a truly obsessed hobbyist
could do.  If I were doing it, I'd find out everything I
could about the transistors Shockley originally made at Bell
Labs.  I'd find a chemist I could talk to about plating
doped germanium out of solution.  I wouldn't dream about
commercial viability.

   Good Luck.  I won't see followups because I'm reading
this in comp.arch.embedded, and it's totally off topic here.

        Mel.