Engineering Fieldnotes
From sand to silicon.
From design to delivery.
Two fieldnote collections exploring the semiconductor industry from complementary perspectives: how chips reach the world, and how a fabless company turns engineering into products.
A Field Guide to the Semiconductor Industry
01 / SEMICONDUCTOR SERIESFieldnotes 01
Sand to System
A Field Guide to the Semiconductor Industry
Materials, design, fabrication, packaging and systems form one connected industry. I trace that chain to explain where value is created, where constraints accumulate and how architecture sits within a much larger system.
- The semiconductor value chain
- Materials, wafers and fabrication
- RTL, verification and physical design
- Packaging, test and system integration
- Industry structure, people and opportunities
The Operating Manual of a Fabless Semiconductor Company
02 / SEMICONDUCTOR SERIESFieldnotes 02
Silicon by Design
The Operating Manual of a Fabless Semiconductor Company
A fabless company coordinates technology, people, partners and commercial decisions. I examine the operating practices that connect product definition to engineering execution, manufacturing hand-offs and customer delivery.
- Strategy and product definition
- Engineering operating rhythms
- Programme gates and accountability
- IP, partners and manufacturing coordination
- Teams, delivery and business performance
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