what are the start up costs for someone who wishes to make an

>>59123776
No less than $10,000,000,000 US

>>59123901
in what grant money?

>>59123969
Military contracts.

>>59124025
how do i get contracts?

>>59124033
you bid on them

http://www.rfpdb.com/

>>59124070
how do i get the money to bid on these then? wouldn't this be a vicious circle?

its not gonna be easy to break into the fab business. it costs billions and shit for one of those

>>59124296
what type of roadmap would i need to get into it coming from university?

'bid' is just a firm offer to provide X number of pieces meeting the spec described in the rfb, at your bid price.

fuck it, just go ahead and submit a bid. if you get the contract you could just post a question about how to make chips and you could pretty easily get that all set up before you get sued for breach.

>>59124438
can you elaborate? you mean make a bid but how would you do this without already having a fab lab already arranged? and how much would these bids be? im really interested in going far with this but im not sure where to begin with regards to accumulating funds for the initial build up, be it grants bids and investments. i just want to know how to categorize this properly so i can actually make a business and contribute superconducting circuitry to the industry in an applicable profitable fashion.

>>59124386
to start your own business? i have no idea. i guess SBIR/STTR grants?

to get a job in the industry? study ECE or ChemE, do some internships, you'll be fine

>>59124386
First you would need to find 10 billion dollars of investor capital.

>>59125527
i don't understand. you mean every fabrication company started off with 10 billion dollars? how is that possible? you just went to people saying "hey we're gonna make chips" and you get people going "oh? here's a few million dollars" times a thousand? you serious?

>>59125556
"Prices for most common pieces of equipment for the processing of 300 mm wafers range from $700,000 to upwards of $4,000,000 each with a few pieces of equipment reaching as high as $50,000,000 each (e.g. steppers). A typical fab will have several hundred equipment items." this is what wikipedia has to say but it was probably written by some 12 year old in his moms basement, just like this post

>>59125698
that's insane. i don't understand how any of these businesses can put their foot in the door when so much capital is needed.

install gentoo

>>59125704
https://www.youtube.com/user/jeriellsworth