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The Silicon Syllabus: 60 short lessons on how chips work, how they are made and who controls making them.
Explore the courseINDEPENDENT LAB · BENGALURU, INDIA
Semiconductors shape the systems we depend on. We explain the technology, the manufacturing, and the industry behind them.
Engineering the impossible.
START FROM ZERO. NO ENGINEERING DEGREE NEEDED.
The package protects the silicon and connects it to a circuit board. What you hold is more than the chip itself.
01 / SAND · LEARN
The Silicon Syllabus connects the physics, the factories, and the politics. A planned journey of 60 short lessons, from your first transistor to your first steps in chip design.
IN PRODUCTIONSee all 60 lessonsWhat is inside one, how it works, and how it is made.
LESSONS 1–20The supply chain, manufacturing capabilities and semiconductor geopolitics.
LESSONS 21–37Quantum hardware, computing principles and how to evaluate the evidence.
LESSONS 38–44India’s semiconductor ecosystem and a practical path into chip design.
LESSONS 45–6002 / THE DIRECTION
Understanding comes first.
What we build grows from there.
The Silicon Syllabus: 60 short lessons on how chips work, how they are made and who controls making them.
Explore the courseInteractive tools in development: a chip-race map, a process-node explorer and a fab walkthrough.
See what’s plannedPotential services for the semiconductor industry, shaped by practical needs and conversations with the people doing the work.
Shape what’s next03 / LET’S TALK
Share a correction, propose a collaboration, or describe a challenge from the semiconductor industry.
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