Sand to Silicon - the Making of a Chip (full screen)

[Evolvor]

why every time smaller ? , is bigger not better ?

Tiny things has a big temeratur and bigger ones can better cooled or ?

[jnnyc31]

and they are selling these sand pieces for $50-$1000 each. luckly US got the Iraq and arab countries from the war so Intel has plenty resources.

[baca262]

@351GTCOUPE successful troll is successful. but that ain't much on youtube.

[donnomar]

@351GTCOUPE obviously you don't know what are you talking about. First semiconductor device invented was the "diode" in 1870 far earlier than Roswell (1947), semiconductors existed since then. If you are talking about the transistor, people were trying to produce a working transistor as early as 1920 but it was John Bardeen who finally succeded in 1947 , he worked at AT&T Bell Labs, and he was smart enough to win 2 nobel prices, Bell Labs registered the patent. Stop reading UFO magazines.

[Smarterthandumber]

@351GTCOUPE I hope your joking.. Its not like Intel invented the process or even the plans. Its small breakthroughs combined to form a bigger breakthrough. :-)

[zord0nTV]

i want to build one, but my sand is from Pokemon world :/

[amramr0182000]

WOOOW !

[Tapajara]

If it is as simple as this, why has it taken you so long?

[NoName875]

@janani0726 you need a microwave to melt that silicon into a solid ingot. 3 minutes on max power should be good

[TehYitime]

they missed out the copper..

[Intel1502]

@janani0726 Oh! You'll also need a diamond saw.

[Intel1502]

@janani0726 Yeah, sure. You just need a multi billion dollar industry, a few hundred clean rooms & the ability to make a wafer 10 atoms thick. I'm sure you'll do just fine.

[meforgodforall]

Wow.... very easy for the layman, yet with a technical side. -_-

[meforgodforall]

Wow.... very easy for the layman, yet with a technical side.

[DarkAnimeWindSlayer]

Making processor isn't hard to make at home with the right equipment.(Prepare for over 9000 million debt) However, the large sum of data and math to produce a processor will make you give up easily. It is almost like making epic graphics 3 star game by yourself. ~One of my friend is a chip designer :3 Thanks for the Info.

[Morncreek]

This video could be improved with narration. The music was distracting and did not add to the video.

[joshmduran]

too bad they glossed over the nano-fabrication aspects so quickly. it would be neat to see the lithography steps and growth/etch/implant/etc processing steps performed (at least a few sequential steps). the way they animate it is a bit deceiving and not very informative. obviously this is meant as an overview, but a little more detail would go a long way imo.

[Caboose56]

So these guys just go outside the office, get a bucket of sand, bring it back and just make it into a processor? Fucking sweet.

[thaoval123]

mines running portal 2 right now... whats YOURS doing? :D

[jaksterDC]

@thaoval123 replying to you LoL

[upanshu123]

the silicon wafer has microscopic transistors that allw the passage of current to a certain extent and then resist it sending impulses to the main host and thus carry ou the work...as it's very very very small impulses are send 1000000000 times a second ! and we perceive a digital manipulated display!! quite simple!!

[koden5]

you should read about it, it's hard to understand.

[hiphoplanla]

It was amazing.

[0rbEffect]

you forgot the part where u give it free to me ;)

[teekanne15]

thats too rough



[260830107]

what happens to the chips at the edge of the wafer? so they just throw it out?

[The123jeffrey]

@260830107 Im pretty sure. But most chips near the edge dont pass the test anyway, the chips at the center tend to be the best...

[260830107]

@The123jeffrey so, are celeron CPUs made from chips near the edge?

[The123jeffrey]

@260830107 Well the Celeron is a certain design of chips. When i say the better ones are at the center, i mean the faster ones. So a bunch of Celerons would be made on the same wafer, but the slower ones are near the edge and vice versa:) But i do agree, the Celeron isnt the greatest!

[1986turbozcs]

Yes, too simple. Plays more like an advertisement. I'm looking for something a little more technical, in-depth, and AMD provided one called "from sand to chip" -- problem is, it's 240p.

[moopMASTER2000Films]

Sorry, but AMD has a better how it's made video. :D

[R4zielD4rk]

the sand will be over soon then

[DellPrecisionM60]

I want the new Intel Multi-Core! Is it faster than a Core i7?

[NBurbine]

@DellPrecisionM60 i7 is multicore >.>

[DellPrecisionM60]

@NBurbine I know, my friend has a 6 core one. I was talking about a processor called "Intel Multicore"

[XxXYoUrNaMeXXXXx4456]

If it's so easy, why do they cost so damn much?

[garetfrog]

brilliant advertisement

[HeadShot360IN]

heard they take 2 months to make...wow

[Quasimodo1482]

Wow, the Video is wonderfoll, is so simbly.

[XxStalkerxSasquachXx]

AMD video is wayyyy better.

[Degen223]

The AMD video was a lot better then this one. Typical Intel :)

[Glaruf]

@muskypucker You're being sarcastic, right?

[shevanel77]

LOL @ MCCABEC123

[ProSoccerPlayer757]

AMAZING from sand this is so cool

[jbxspartan]

This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while

[mccabec123]

WOW? They make it from sand, I had no idea, imagine the profit in processors :O

[Glaruf]

@mccabec123 Silicone might be made from sand, but the factories that make the transistors can cost three times as much as the Burj Khalifa.

[schnappy00]

@mccabec123 The machines that make them... are probably the most advanced and precise machines in the world. They are not cheap :P

[Hornet85]

Obviously this video is meant for normal people with no background knowledge in electronics engineering, which is why its extremely simplified.

The actual process would take many different area of expertise to be able to comprehend different part of the processes.

[Jimbobmoe01]

i do this all the time at home

[kamaaladiin]

@Jimbobmoe01 can you plzz email me how did you do step by step in writing? I appreciate that .

[freq32]

they make it look easy in this video. ;)

[frazaliqureshi]

AMD version was wayyy better than this ... No captions ... no info. ... I was expecting better from this Intel version after watching the AMD version, although the music is good ... ;)

[muvidz]

Sounds good. Could you tell me the url?

[frazaliqureshi]

Search "CPU Manufacturing AMD" and you will find it.

[muvidz]

All right, thanks :D

[ApSykesThewolf]

so many freewheeling saw blades o.o

[Nguyend2103]

it's quite simple and not attractive enough.

I think, with some more ideas, the video can become better.

[druidkg]

nice

[9AndS]

AMD has made the waaay better video about manufacturing a CPU.

[jeffsadowski]

If it where only that simple. normally you build up layers and etch probably multiple times.

[tiagom135]

core i7

[franfred11]

love this vido!!

[MDKKnD]

There is so much more to it than such a simplistic 2min video could detail.

[Myztik7]

Really?!?1 You mean it doesn't take 2minutes to make a chip?!

[Xigmatek]

Wow, that's a Super Basic example of how a Very Complex chip is made, lol!

[Zayras7]

Hawt ^.^

[xboxnissan]

I would like to know if we take all the sahara desert sand, how much CPU we could make =D

[3Dinvent]

Awesome video Intel! I think this is a great demonstration for showing people how microprocessors are made.

[bigdima3]

theres a video on utube on how cpus are made,

[ibrahim1088]

say, if a handful of sand can make hundreds of >100$ multi-core chips, i wonder what intel's profit is...

[giorgio1apple]

the process in making the chips isn't cheap.. plus the sand has to be very very pure i mean you cant just go to the beach and get some sand and then melt it

[projundertax]

you do realise the production costs are immense?

[dsboiman101]

Enough to hold anything thing... Great for a gaming PC!

[Younowkoed]

Does this mean I can make my own now?

[projundertax]

It's a verry complicated process, without the right equipment, no.

[Bugstomper2]

KEWL!

[mooboo123451]

doesn't really give you much information

[getlow1985]

that was cool!

[MrLamf2939sh]

first