Sam Zeloof
Sam Zeloof | |
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.jpg) Zeloof in 2017 | |
| Born | 1999 or 2000 (age 24–25) New Jersey, U.S. |
| Occupation | Inventor  |
| Known for | Homemade microchip fabrication |
| Website | sam |
Sam Zeloof (born 1999 or 2000) is an American electrical engineer and entrepreneur.[1] He is most well known for DIY microchip fabrication, having lithographically microfabricated various chips in his garage as early as the age of 17. Zeloof is currently CEO of his company Atomic Semi, Inc. which builds tools for small semiconductor fabs.[2]
Education
[edit]Zeloof attended Hunterdon Central Regional High School.[3] He then went to Carnegie Mellon University where he studied electrical engineering between 2018–2022.[4]
Career
[edit]Through autodidacticism and help from his father, Zeloof, at the age of 17, constructed a home microchip fabrication facility in his parents' garage.[1] In 2018, he produced the first homebrew lithographically fabricated microchip, the Zeloof Z1,[5] a PMOS dual differential amplifier chip.[6] In 2021, he achieved a transistor count of 100 with the creation of the Zeloof Z2, a transistor array.[7][8][9][10]
His work takes partial inspiration from Jeri Ellsworth's "Cooking with Jeri" which demonstrates a homebrew transistor and logic gate fabrication process.[11] His photolithography process is currently able to create details as small as 300 nanometers.[12]
In 2022, Zeloof along with Jim Keller started Atomic Semi, Inc., a startup to manufacture small batches of affordable microchips quickly.[13]
Zeloof also has a considerable online presence with a Youtube channel[14] focusing on microchip and semiconductor manufacturing.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Cass, Stephen (December 22, 2017). "The High School Student Who's Building His Own Integrated Circuits". IEEE Spectrum: Technology, Engineering, and Science News. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ www
.linkedin .com /in /samzeloof / - ^ 2018 Program Book, Trenton Computer Festival. Accessed April 7, 2022. "Sam Zeloof is a senior in high school at Hunterdon Central in Flemington, NJ."
- ^ Maderer, Jason (October 20, 2020). "Student Turns Old Polaroid Into New Digital Camera". cmu.edu. Retrieved January 2, 2024.
- ^ List, Jenny (May 3, 2018). "More Details On That First Home-Made Lithographically Produced IC". Hackaday. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Zeloof, Sam (April 25, 2018). "First IC :)". Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ By (August 14, 2021). "The Zeloof Z2 Intergrated [sic] Circuit Has 100 Transistors". Hackaday. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
- ^ August 2021, Aaron Klotz 16 (August 16, 2021). "DIY Silicon: Man Builds Integrated Circuit That's Similar to Intel's 4004 CPU". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Fleet, Tom (August 17, 2021). "Etching PCBs? Sam Zeloof Steps It Up a Notch, and Down a Few Orders of Magnitude, with His Own ICs!". Hackster.io. Hackster.io, an Avnet company. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ Marquez, Javier (August 18, 2021). "Un estudiante crea su propio procesador en el garaje de su casa" [A student creates his own processor in the garage of his house]. Hipertextual (in Spanish). Hipertextual SL. Retrieved September 5, 2021.
- ^ "#390 – An Interview with Sam Zeloof". The Amp Hour Electronics Podcast. April 30, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
- ^ Simonite, Tom. "This 22-Year-Old Builds Chips in His Parents' Garage". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
- ^ Saha, Shritama (January 10, 2023). "OpenAI Eyes Investment in Sam Zeloof & Jim Keller's Chip Startup, Atomic Semi". Analytics India Magazine. Retrieved February 23, 2023.
- ^ SamZeloof, Youtube. Accessed January 2, 2024. "Sam Zeloof Youtube Channel"
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