Reading notes
Indistinguishable From Magic: Manufacturing Modern Computer Chips
A HOPE09 talk on how modern computer chips are manufactured, from 22nm transistors to ultra-clean fabs and the tricks used to pattern tiny features with light. It frames chipmaking as hacking electrical engineering and physics.
Ideas to listen for
- 1chip fabrication
- 2lithography
- 3semiconductors
Discussion context
Shows the complexity of producing a modern CPU, with a chip cross-section.
“I very much recommend everyone to watch this video, to get a sense for the complexity that goes into producing a modern CPU.”Open the source comment