Ambitious semiconductor enthusiast builds DIY 'class 100 cleanroom' in his garden shed — contains a plasma etcher, vacuum furnace, and even custom software-driven lithography machine

DIY cleanroom in a shed.

Semiconductor facilities are the super-high-tech cradles of all the tech we cherish, and an essential component of one of these ‘fabs’ is the cleanroom environment. However, a TechTuber called Dr. Semiconductor has successfully created a ‘Class 100 cleanroom’ (ISO 5) in his garden shed. Actually, he’s done quite a bit more than just make an empty cleanroom, with a set of interesting but compact chip tools already installed.