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How Silicon Chips Are Made (pcplus.co.uk)
28 points by ph0rque on May 22, 2009 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment



Good pictures, and not a bad summary of the most expensive kitchen operations in the world. See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication

The writer got a bit confused at the tail end of section 9. You may get partly functional dies if, for instance, 3 out of 4 cores in a single die (=chip) work. And besides functional testing, you may also have performance 'binning' (some parts hit higher speeds, etc.)




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