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![lauriewired Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:24/cr:twitter::1610352539089899520.png) LaurieWired [@lauriewired](/creator/twitter/lauriewired) on x 81.1K followers
Created: 2025-07-24 18:28:47 UTC

At the peak of the dot-com era, Ball Semiconductor was a crazy silicon fab.

Founded by ex-Texas Instruments folks, the idea was (you guessed it) to etch using spherical photolithography.

They had some success with the process! But the company failed dramatically.

![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GwpIhO1bgAERwSt.png)

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