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@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2026-07-02 08:51:20

Exploring the biggest construction site in Europe: ESMC Dresden, a Taiwanese-German #chip joint venture.
More water diverted? There’s enough for all, we learn. More housing? That’s for the market to tackle. Energy needs? Complex. Workers on site? Many from eastern Europe. Fascinating

Lots of cranes from the distance, merging with the meadows, which is part of a compensation measure built 25 years ago when AMD (now GloFo) arrived in Dresden. This works surprisingly well
Entry sign in front of the #semiconductor fab construction, explaining the funding in goals
@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2026-06-26 12:26:27

Back with the Taiwanese colleagues to explore the #semiconductor industry, now in #Dresden. We started with vanished #chip histories, moved to promised silicon futures and will now venture out – a…

A snapshot from an 1980s Robotron machine from the Technische Sammlung Dresden, where we started. It's a grey picture of a grey machine, excitingly boring
Snapshot of the German and Taiwan flags that reside in the middle of a table, snacks nearby
A mural form the city centre that we discussed before our first dinner, a rather controversial large art work that (in GDR times) was introduced for the occasion of the GDR's 20th anniversary; a red flag connecting the 1848 social uprisings in Germany (and Marx/Engels at its heart) with developments merging into and serving socialist propaganda
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
2026-07-05 02:56:34

🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on #BBC6Music's #TheMorningAfterMix
Chip:
🎵 Mr. Scruff
#Chip
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