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From Sand To Silicon: How A Intel CPU Is Built
August 2nd, 2009 / 16 Comments » / by AF8AB
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, especially quartz, has high percentages of silicon in the form of silicon dioxide (SiO2) and is the base ingredient for semiconductor manufacturing.
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