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IBM invented semiconductor manufacturing automation

Hacker News Top · 2026-05-21 Cached

This article details IBM's Project SWIFT from the 1970s, which pioneered fully automated semiconductor wafer fabrication, achieving turnaround times per layer of just 5 hours — far faster than modern fabs. It highlights the innovations and the vision of Bill Harding.

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