Here’s What It’s Like Inside a Chip Foundry During the COVID-19 Pandemic

SkyWater and GlobalFoundries both have to run 24/7 shops despite social distancing and stressed workers

SkyWater Technology, a semiconductor foundry in Minnesota, is operating because it has been deemed an essential business. “Ironically, one of the safest places to be right now is in a cleanroom,” points out Thomas Sonderman, president of SkyWater Technology, in Bloomington, Minn.

Read the article at Spectrum.ieee.com:

https://spectrum.ieee.org/tech-talk/semiconductors/processors/heres-what-its-like-inside-a-chip-foundry-during-the-covid19-pandemic

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