TSMC’s Long Path From Round to Square Silicon Wafers
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/tsmcs-long-path-from-round-to-square-silicon-wafers/

[via GEP]
" data-medium-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/silicon-wafer.jpg?w=400" data-large-file="https://hackaday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/silicon-wafer.jpg?w=800">Most of us will probably have seen semiconductor wafers as they trundle their way through a chip factory, and some of us may have wondered about why they are round. …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/tsmcs-long-path-from-round-to-square-silicon-wafers/)

Rescued iMac G4 Restored and Upgraded With Mac Mini M1 Guts
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/rescued-imac-g4-restored-and-upgraded-with-mac-mini-m1-guts/

The Apple iMac G4 was also lovingly referred to as the ‘Apple iLamp’ due to its rather unique design with the jointed arm on which the display perches. Released in …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/rescued-imac-g4-restored-and-upgraded-with-mac-mini-m1-guts/)

The Best DIY PCB Method?
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/the-best-diy-pcb-method/

Now before you start asking yourself “best for what purpose?”, just have a look at the quality of the DIY PCB in the image above. [ForOurGood] is getting higher resolution …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/the-best-diy-pcb-method/)

Hackaday Links: June 23, 2024
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/hackaday-links-june-23-2024/

When a ransomware attack targets something like a hospital, it quickly becomes a high-profile event that understandably results in public outrage. Hospitals are supposed to be backstops for society, a …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/hackaday-links-june-23-2024/)

Kernel Hack Brings Windows XP to the 486
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/kernel-hack-brings-windows-xp-to-the-486/

The venerable Intel 486 was released in 1989 as the successor to the extremely popular Intel 386. It was the minimum recommended processor for Windows 98.  (Surprisingly, the Windows 95 …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/kernel-hack-brings-windows-xp-to-the-486/)

Bit of OpenSCAD Code Caps off Wiremold
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/bit-of-openscad-code-caps-off-wiremold/

Wiremold is great stuff — it’s relatively cheap, easy to work with, and offers all sorts of adapters and angle pieces which take the hassle out of running (and hiding) …read more (https://hackaday.com/2024/06/23/bit-of-openscad-code-caps-off-wiremold/)

ESP32 Brings New Features To Classic Geiger Circuit
https://hackaday.com/2024/06/24/esp32-brings-new-features-to-classic-geiger-circuit/