Why are Processors Square (and Wafers Circular)?
All this talk about how we make processors, and so many questions about why we deal with squares and circles. Here's a quick overview of the how and why.
0:00 Square and Circle, Bless the Wafer!
0:59 Wafer Size
1:48 How to make a wafer
2:52 Salami
3:45 Polishing a wafer
4:15 Photolithography
5:13 Thermals
5:41 Square Processors
6:24 Hexagons?
7:45 Channel Update
8:12 Cat Tax
Microchemicals: • Silicon Wafer Production by MicroChemicals
Silicon Ingot: https://www.flickr.com/photos/intelfr...
Spin Coating: • Photoresist Spin Coating in slow motion
Wafer Saws: • Fully Automatic Dicing Saw[12 inch, 8 inch]
AMD CES 2019 Keynote: • AMD CEO Lisa Su's 2019 CES Keynote
Intel CES 2021 Conference: • CES 2021: Intel News Conference – Gregory ...
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