# OSHW, Makerbot & Memristo - Maundering Memristor Mathematicaster

- Show: [The Amp Hour](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour)
- Published: 2011-10-11
- Length: 1h 08m
- Episode: 64
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster
- Listen: https://theamphour.com/the-amp-hour-64-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster/

## Summary

Dave Jones and Chris Gammell discuss the viability of venture capital for open source hardware startups, specifically comparing Aya's magnetic educational kits to funded companies like MakerBot, Bug Labs, and Chumby, while debating whether bootstrapping is superior. They analyze the shifting landscape of semiconductor manufacturing, noting how high costs at advanced nodes like 10nm are consolidating power among giants like Intel and Samsung, and explore the theoretical physics and potential of memristors from HP. The hosts also critique a product called the Ampelizer, a power factor correction device marketed to consumers, and highlight community resources like the Computer History Museum's Jim Williams exhibit and the Transistor Museum.

## Chapters

- [0:15](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=15) Introduction and Episode 64 Banter
- [4:24](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=264) Chris Gammell's Office Search and Altium HQ
- [15:23](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=923) Jim Williams Bench and Computer History Museum
- [24:17](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=1457) Open Source Hardware Funding: Aya vs. MakerBot
- [38:13](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=2293) Semiconductor Fab Economics and 10nm Nodes
- [43:48](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=2628) Product Revision Triggers and Cost-Benefit Analysis
- [52:38](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=3158) Memristors: HP, Hynix, and New Math
- [1:00:34](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2011-10-11-oshw-makerbot-memristo-maundering-memristor-mathematicaster#t=3634) Transistor Museum and Ampelizer Critique

## Topics

- [Crowdfunding & preorders](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/crowdfunding)
- [Chips, FPGAs & semiconductors](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/chips-and-fpgas)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)
- [Open-source hardware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/open-source-hardware)
- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)

## Most relevant to

founders before launch

## Mentioned

- MakerBot (company)
- Bug Labs (company)
- Chumby (company)
- Aya (company)
- HP (company)
- Hynix (company)
- Intel (company)
- Samsung (company)
- Computer History Museum (other)
- Transistor Museum (other)
- Ampelizer (product)
- Altium (company)

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