Computer chip manufacturing is moving to space

Computer chip manufacturing is moving to space

A new company emerged from space last week that plans to take the manufacturing of one of the most important components of computer chips and put it in space. Why? Not for the weightlessness, but for the vacuum. more…

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The new D.C.-based startup is hoping to use the vacuum of space as its clean room for chip fabrication.