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Shop Talk with Jake Hall

In this episode, the conversation shifts to the real backbone behind today’s AI boom: precision manufacturing. While AI gets the spotlight, our guest highlights how chip and wafer production starts on the shop floor, where machine shops build the critical components that make advanced semiconductor equipment possible. It’s a reminder that the path to innovation begins long before the data center.
09 Dec 2025
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Transcript - Shop Talk with Jake Hall

Transcript – Shop Talk with Jake Hall

What is the hot buzz right now? AI is a big thing right here, but people are building all of these wafer and chip manufacturing facilities better than creating these AI farms. That starts actually here on the floor, right? When we walked back in the area and we were talking, we were looking at tours, they were making components that are going into equipment that is manufacturing chips and wafers. Right. You know, so it’s one of those things as people immediately look at what’s really cool, but they don’t realize to take a step back of how do we get there, how do we get there, is through machine shops like this.