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How are Microchips Made?
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Integrated Circuits, CPUs, GPUs, Systems on a Chip, Microcontroller Chips, and all the other different types of microchips are the brains of all the devices and technology that we use on a daily basis. But have you ever wondered how these microchips are made? Well, in this video, we're going to take a tour of a microchip fabrication plant or fab and walk you through the dozens of steps used to make a microchip. CPU, GPU, and Smartphone Microchip manufacturing is a multi-trillion dollar industry, and each factory costs in the tens of billions of dollars. This is an overview of all the processes used to make a microchip, as well as an overview of a microchip factory. We're planning more videos on microchip manufacturing, such as a 3D animated factory tour.
This is the MOST complicated video we've made by FAR!! 4 different animators have been working on this video non-stop for the past 5 months, for a total of 1300 hours of research, modeling, script writing, animating, editing, animating again, rendering, and then more editing. Support us on Patreon is you want more videos like this one.
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Shoutout to Asianometry UA-cam channel www.youtube.com/@Asianometry. This UA-cam channel is filled with tons of information on the semiconductor industry, and Microchip Fabs.
Table of Contents:
00:00 - How are Transistors Manufactured?
02:06 - The nanoscopic processes vs the microchip fab
02:34 - What's inside a CPU?
04:31 - What are FinFet Transistors
05:06 - Imagine Baking a Cake
05:44 - Simplified Steps for Microchip Manufacturing
07:51 - 3D Animated Semiconductor Fabrication Plant Tour
09:54 - Categories of Fabrication Tools
10:26 - Photolithography and Mask Layers
11:52 - EUV Photolithography
13:39 - Deposition Tools
15:02 - Etching Tools
16:02 - Ion Implantation
17:03 - Wafer Cleaning Tools
17:29 - Metrology Tools
18:16 - Detailed Steps for Microchip Fabrication
20:29 - Research and Hours Spent on this Video
22:18 - Silicon Wafer Manufacturing
23:19 - Wafer Testing
23:42 - Binning
24:59 - Explore Brilliant
27:20 - Thank you to Patreon Supporters
Key Branches from this video are: How do Computers Work? How do SoCs Work?
Animation: Mike Radjabov, Prakash Kakadiya, Adrei Dulay, Parvesh Khatri
Research, Script and Editing: Teddy Tablante
Twitter: @teddytablante
Modeling: Mike Radjabov, Prakash Kakadiya
Voice Over: Phil Lee
Sound Design: www.drilu.world/
Sound Effects and Music Editor: Raúl Núñez, David Pinete
Supervising Sound Editor and Mixer: Luis Huesca
Erratum:
Animation built using Blender 4.1 www.blender.org/
Internet References:
WikiChip Fuse fuse.wikichip.org/ is an amazing resource for the specs of different technology nodes.
Semiconductor Engineering semiengineering.com/ is an amazing resource for news in the semiconductor industry.
TechPowerUp www.techpowerup.com/ is an amazing resource for tech specs of various technology devices.
Wikipedia contributors. "FOUPs", "Integrated Circuits", "Photolithography", "Semiconductor Devices", "Semiconductor Device Fabrication", " Silicon". Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, Visited May 13nd 2024
Internet References:
Tool Model reference images acquired from: www.appliedmaterials.com/il/en/semiconductor/semiconductor-products.html
www.tel.com/product/all/index.html#localnav
Textbooks:
Handbook of Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology By Robert Doering and Yoshio Nishi
Microchip Fabrication: A Practical Guide to Semiconductor Processing. Peter Van Zant
Semiconductor Microchips and Fabrication: A Practical Guide to Theory and Manufacturing by Yaguang Lian
Semiconductor Manufacturing Handbook. Second Edition By Hwaiyu Geng
#Microchip #Manufacturing #CPU
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  • @karankasraei8025
    @karankasraei8025 22 години тому

    Great demonstration

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    @tanvirhasanashik2435 22 години тому

    Truely great work!!😮😮

  • @karthiksk2083
    @karthiksk2083 22 години тому

    Really insightful video on microprocessor fabrication! The clear breakdown of each step made the complexity of semiconductor manufacturing much more comprehensible. Appreciate the effort put into this!

  • @hamedm2147
    @hamedm2147 22 години тому

    At the level of higher education, you can turn textbooks into images and create a new generation of education. Thank you

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  • @raphaelfranz62
    @raphaelfranz62 22 години тому

    "Technology is fascinating" :D

  • @huso7796
    @huso7796 22 години тому

    Just phenomenal!!

  • @Python-yq3gm
    @Python-yq3gm 22 години тому

    I am thoroughly impressed! The level of detail and effort put into explaining each step of the process is outstanding. This video is incredibly informative and clearly showcases the complexity and precision involved in creating processors. Great job, Branche Education!

  • @van828
    @van828 22 години тому

    Magnificent

  • @dreflox
    @dreflox 22 години тому

    Kinda insane that we can manufacture technology so small that it makes a dust particle seem the size of a building... Also 23:40 that's what those numbers mean??? This video truly enlightened me

  • @Ghisisan_
    @Ghisisan_ 22 години тому

    Such a great content! Thanks for making it available for free! 🤗

  • @kyagyahomemadeinnovation7826
    @kyagyahomemadeinnovation7826 22 години тому

    One of the best video that explains in detail what i need to understand. Am very great full

  • @buttstabber
    @buttstabber 22 години тому

  • @user-vs9rt6cq6l
    @user-vs9rt6cq6l 22 години тому

    Working in the industry (photolithography) for over a decade, watching this on a Friday night, after a very busy work week. And still enjoyed it tremendously! Truly, kudos to BranchEducation team!!

  • @Tragedus
    @Tragedus 22 години тому

    Top quality content. Thank you.

  • @albertomarchisio7788
    @albertomarchisio7788 22 години тому

    🙏😊

  • @iulian.m.
    @iulian.m. 22 години тому

    Thanks

  • @mehrbodkarimpour5434
    @mehrbodkarimpour5434 22 години тому

    The videos on this channel are as marvelous as the process of microchip manufacturing 🔥

  • @kurikuraconkuritas
    @kurikuraconkuritas 23 години тому

    this is gold. I love it

  • @viking3073
    @viking3073 23 години тому

    1300 hour to make a video and you are telling to put a like ? Take my kidneys if you want

  • @zammerz6255
    @zammerz6255 23 години тому

    I worked in a semiconductor fab in the late 80's to early 90's.. 35 ish years ago.. things have changed in complexity.. but the fundamentals are similar.. very good video, thank you to the creator/s

  • @wicherq
    @wicherq 23 години тому

    woooooooooooooooo, i like it

  • @blueband2000
    @blueband2000 23 години тому

    Absolutely mesmerizing 10/10

  • @isay685
    @isay685 23 години тому

    Thank you. The most impressive video I have seen.

  • @nazarv6645
    @nazarv6645 23 години тому

    Great video

  • @BlackDawn111
    @BlackDawn111 23 години тому

    This is an outstanding video and should be viewed by everyone. I have a degree in electronics engineering and this video felt like a rewind of all the stuff that took me years to properly understand as a student, and here it took less than 30 minutes with top notch explanation. Would suggest you to collaborate with schools and colleges for your videos to be shown to students. I look forward to watching your videos, thank you for all the great content.

  • @MFMegaZeroX7
    @MFMegaZeroX7 23 години тому

    Definitely want to see more about the transistor manufacturing in the later video!

  • @yal1621
    @yal1621 23 години тому

    hi

  • @MKMXN
    @MKMXN 23 години тому

    Great video

  • @trp
    @trp 23 години тому

    This video is simply incredible. I'm at a loss of words of the amount of detailed information.

  • @JoeSmith-kn5wo
    @JoeSmith-kn5wo 23 години тому

    This is probably the best video on chip production hands down I have had to rhe pleasure to watch. Great work! You got a like and new sub.

  • @JohnnyWalkerKat
    @JohnnyWalkerKat 23 години тому

    I was searching for this answer for months. Great video very detailed. Kudos! Now we want the video on how transistors are made inside the chip and also how they create the photosmask. :)

  • @henrylonghead
    @henrylonghead 23 години тому

    This seems like alien technology.

  • @falcz
    @falcz 23 години тому

    This video is so accurate I'm gonna spread it all over my electronic engineering course

  • @michaelolsen7000
    @michaelolsen7000 23 години тому

    I work at a plant that makes complete boards. It's amazing to learn the complexities faced by the workers who build these sorts of things.

  • @moe5044
    @moe5044 23 години тому

    Love this 😊

  • @petergebirgslok6922
    @petergebirgslok6922 23 години тому

    Great Video! Good thing there are brains out there building these machines and understand all this complex stuffz.

  • @isacfaden
    @isacfaden 23 години тому

    hey

  • @noidea5597
    @noidea5597 23 години тому

    Extremly high quality video! One question: Why are wafers circular?

  • @Sharabdinov
    @Sharabdinov 23 години тому

    это лучшее видео про производство процессоров

  • @PAINC4K3
    @PAINC4K3 23 години тому

    Absolutely amazing work. Thank you so much for doing this crazy high quality content.

  • @Rmm1722
    @Rmm1722 23 години тому

    Awesome 😎👍🎉

  • @burimferizi9324
    @burimferizi9324 23 години тому

    Commenting because you asked at minute 21 and deserve this lousy comment

  • @douglasiram7937
    @douglasiram7937 23 години тому

    Thanks! I worked in the semiconductor industries back in the nineties. What a change!

  • @Liwet.
    @Liwet. 23 години тому

    What's the significance of the silicone wafer? Like why is Silicone used?

  • @aleksszukovskis2074
    @aleksszukovskis2074 23 години тому

    Very cool

  • @Liwet.
    @Liwet. 23 години тому

    The narrator needs to learn the value of silence.

    • @BranchEducation
      @BranchEducation 23 години тому

      There's just too much information to get through

    • @Liwet.
      @Liwet. 22 години тому

      @@BranchEducation You've got to give us time to process what was said and to have time to take in the graphics. You're spitting out information but you're not _teaching_ anything.

    • @huso7796
      @huso7796 22 години тому

      @@BranchEducation Over the past decade, I have periodically watched semiconductor fabrication videos to gain a better understanding of the manufacturing process. In my opinion, this particular video provided the clearest and most comprehensible explanation I have encountered. Additionally, I found the pacing to be excellent.

  • @channelname1238
    @channelname1238 23 години тому

    Great video, thanks a lot! I already knew a bit about chip manufacturing but this video answered lots of questions I still had. Looking forward to the transistor video

  • @Dhirajkumar-ls1ws
    @Dhirajkumar-ls1ws 23 години тому

    Keep it up.