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

This is how a microprocessor, the brain 'behind the magic' of your PC, is made. For more about process Intel employs in building the chips that power many of the world's computers, visit http://bit...  
 
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jbxspartan (1 month ago) Show Hide
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This is the coolest thing I've seen in a while
mccabec123 (1 month ago) Show Hide
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WOW? They make it from sand, I had no idea, imagine the profit in processors :O
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@mccabec123 Silicone might be made from sand, but the factories that make the transistors can cost three times as much as the Burj Khalifa.
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@mccabec123 The machines that make them... are probably the most advanced and precise machines in the world. They are not cheap :P
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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 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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i do this all the time at home
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freq32 (3 months ago) Show Hide
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they make it look easy in this video. ;)
frazaliqureshi (3 months ago) Show Hide
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Search "CPU Manufacturing AMD" and you will find it.
muvidz (3 months ago) Show Hide
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All right, thanks :D

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