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Eight years as a backend engineer in Stockholm, back in Tokyo since 2023, and I still ship something small most nights, usually badly. My one rule: the only real review of a model is the thing you built with it. That is why there is no leaderboard on this site.

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Chip Industry Technical Paper Roundup: Oct. 13

October 13

New technical papers recently added to Semiconductor Engineering’s library: Technical Paper Research Organizations Spatially deterministic nucleation of 2D semiconductors by etching flux KAIST , TDS…

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