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From Sand To Silicon: How A Intel CPU Is Built

August 2nd, 2009 / 9 Comments » / by B@D

Intel takes us on a journey of Sand into our daily PC’s. Here you can catch a glimpse of some of the amazingly sophisticated work going on daily inside Intel’s cutting-edge silicon manufacturing fabs.
1. Sand
Made up of 25 percent silicon, is, after oxygen, the second most abundant chemical element that’s in the earth’s crust. Sand, [...]