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I too am curious about the SEMATECH comments. My recollection is that we were focused on precompetitive R&D, tool development, standardization, etc. at least in when they were in Austin. The point wasn't to develop CMOS (unless for test structures?). It's been about 15 years since I worked...
I saw Jonathan Rothberg give a presentation at Pittcon one year, this was before he started Butterfly Network, it was in the Ion Torrent days I believe. He does have an inspiring story and a vision.