@@dogzer in fact if you think of the machine that made the machine that then made the machine that produced the microchip ..that's some mind blowing impressiveness!
Well its a Engineering & technology company they are the exception that actually are capable of making informative videos. They don't deal directly with customers so they have no reason to "sell" you their product so they don't advertise they explain.
@BoneYard I recon thats mostly just to keep it simple. Do you really need to know that they used 1030C for 4min22sec in this example? It doesn't make you understand anything. These things are not secret at all. The stuff those companies try to keep secret is far out of the scope of this video.
I work for a microchip manufacturing plant. I add layers of Oxynitride to 8in (150m wafers) just one of the HUNDREDS of steps needed to build these suckers. Even i was wowed seeing this video! The process trully is incredible. Im lucky to be apart of it!
This is a really good video. I am actually a bit flabbergasted that something created by a giant company for the general public manages to be this concise, informative, and doesn’t treat the viewer like a child. Seriously well done
I’m synonymously concerned about the wording. What material are they talkin about when they mention the photo-resis material? I’m assuming it means photo resistant material.. but... WHAT THE FUCK ON EARTH IS INVISIBLE?
@@aaronmohr2688 photo resisant doesn't mean invisible. Just as water resistant watches doesn't mean water can pass "through" them. It means that if you expose it to the stuff (photons and water in both cases, respectively), it won't affect them.
@Matthias Randler it doesn't mean everyone would understand everything, it's okay if you didn't understand. Just as everyone talks about Quantum Computers these days and I don't have any idea regarding what the fuck that is.
I dont know man, when you look at the average german video its not much different to any other video in america. Not saying this is a positive thing, but germans and german stuff isnt at all as the clishé says.
Religion too. Imagine some random person walk on earth 3000 years ago using phone or maybe simple calculator. They will not understand it and they will believe that it was magic.
How can anyone not be totally interested in this? We can make switches sooo tiny and in such incredibly sophisticated patterns and designs such that we can talk to eachother online, watch a video, make video, heck even displaying the letters as I type here is already so incredibly impressive. To think that the letters I am typing right now are passing through the CPU at a breakneck pace to go to my screen though another incredibly complex series of components, wire standards and be translated into pixel positions and colors on a screen.. It's amazing!
There are few other things that can demonstrate our mastery of science, engineering, mathematics, and the elements. The degree to which we manipulated the elements and applied our knowledge to get to this point is genuinely astonishing.
This makes me wonder how a computer can be that cheap.. watching this makes me think that the piece of technology I'm holding could be well worth more than a car
Also mass production, even with billions of dollars being put into r&d - they can recoup the cost with mass sales (keeping in mind, these chips are tiny and you could have hundreds per wafer and there are multitude of machines in operation at any given time. Yes yields are an issue, but from a wafer, and modern processes - you could be looking at upwards of 70% of the chips being usable. There are methods of compensating by repeating parts of the chip (like adding extra cores) and omitting them from the end product - as a fail safe for if there is a defect, they can still use the chip, And of course binning of different skews, (let's say half the cores came out defective, if you have a good product line, you can sell it from let's say an 8c model to a 4c - remember how all of them to produce cost the same though, which is why aiming for the best product and then binning from the bad yields is the best option for maximising profits)
Once you figure out how to make this and make a significant investment, it really doesnt cosy that much to produce a chip. Whereas making a car involves many sub contract and materials
Honestly, this is one the best videos that explain the process of making microchips with clear and detailed animations. So easy to understand even for simply curious people outside of the field.. Thanks!
I have been working in the semi-conductor industry for the past few years, yet every time I see such a great explanation of the life cycle I just say one word "fascinating"!!💗
My country is a small tropical country in South East Asia but produce lots of banana chips. We have a variety of bananas of various sizes, from 3 inci to one and half foot bananas. However we produce microchips too from factories like Intel, Infineon, NXP, ON, Texas instrument etc for the world. Cheers
I am speechless. Just to think 100 years ago the best technology was a vacuum cleaner. I really have a new-found respect for computer engineers and an appreciation for the small things in our everyday lives that we take for granted. We have found new ways to push the boundaries of what makes us human. The other day I dropped my phone on the ground, after seeing this, I am astounded at how none of those tiny components were damaged because if one of those little capacitors or transistors, microchips, etc. broke, the entire thing could stop working. I am going to be more careful now with my devices, also after seeing this I won't feel so bad about paying really high prices for a little RAM chip.
They aren't damaged because chips are actually covered with an epoxy liquid that hardens before they're packaged, so there is no room for movement of any of the transistors on the chip as they're all sealed in a resin. The electricity can still get through the wires though of course.
it's really not like that. solder holds these components together and they are also convered in epoxy. the worst thing that can happen upon dropping your phone is breaking the screen
@@Teal-c sure, but what is the chance? the only way possible is to crack the pcb, which would break off the copper traces. i don't really know what you mean...
This was a very concise, organized, and highly informative video about Semiconductor chips I have seen so far. Much appreciate. Also, the fact that we take this amazing sophisticated tech for granted is just mind-blowing.
I would absolutely love to actually see every step of the process as it happens during manufacturing, seeing everything that is done by humans and machines. I find this so fascinating.
chips are not made over night, they are made over months. this is the process for your New Graphic card or cpu they was started to produce months ago bevore you even know about them.
@@the4spaceconstantstetraqua886 sometimes it was like the material scientists would put up a periodic chart on the wall at the tavern and throw darts to see what new element would be featured in the next set of experiments.
@@FlyboyHelosim No, Ryzen 5000 brought huge improvements in single core speed and no more cores than the last gen. And to stay competetive, Intel has to improve both single core speed as well as amount of cores.
@@titaniummechanism3214 I don't know what pot you've been smoking but the Ryzen 5000's clock speed is nothing faster than what's been available for years.
Appreciate the visuals used in this video. Showing things like the software used to program the structure of the chips was something I don't normally see in these types of videos and the machinery used and visuals on each layer created.
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it actually is not that complicated. you just have to find a way to understand it. (try to think in different ways about this topic) And don´t say you dont understand it, if you just heared 10 things about this topic. EVERYONE (exept for dead people) can understand this.
@@SKYTutorials From a big-picture perspective this is not complicated. But zoom in on just one of the steps discussed here and the details get VERY complcated
Thanks for making this video, being the Electronics Engineer, it is very important to see the exposure that I might feel in future improves my present hardwork. Thanks to all
My brain almost can't handle how these progressed through time to become what they are today and also how small they are. Doesn't get more impressive than this
im a geek of 30 years and well versed in this and this was a great vid ....thank you so much for a run down anyone could get and enjoy, adding it to the world info they have without making people feel stupid but making them feel teached and better informed about the world and more importantly..smarter....and as info givers thats a job you have nailed here..../thank you
This is such an incredible video, thanks Infineon, you should be proud. Makes us all appreciate the insanely technical processes for items we take for granted. Wow!
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I remember seeing this video as a teenager, now I am working as an engineer at Infineon and saw this video again. Couldn't have imagined I would be working here when I first saw the video 😅
@F a Isn't that a bit like estimating the cost of brain surgery to a few hundred bucks since all it takes is a few bandages, a scalpel and some anaesthetic? It isn't entirely wrong of course, because you could operate on someone and all you have is a sharp knife, some cotton and a few painkillers, but I think your estimate leaves out a lot that contributes to the overall cost.
@F a Not to mention tons of money that goes into making the infrastructure. It's not super profitable as you think. Only reason TSMC does fine is because there is almost no competition for above reasons.
@@CheolA-i7g TSMC has spent a great deal of money & time commercialising their process nodes. Many ICs are smaller than CPU & thus yeald more from each wafer, also they don't require the same performance requirments so they are manufactured on a smaller node first, then when process matures, yeald increases & CPU is viable.
i never understood why p-type semiconductors had 'holes' even after my exams, until i watched this video lol. really dont like how they just expect us to memorise information for exams instead of teaching us to understand the information
Thanks for this amazing video. Having done microelectronics back in uni and designed some IC's myself i was always wanted to see them getting fabricated in real life but could never get access to a fab lab.
It is the best illustration of chips and microchips. How do microchips differ from biochips? How do silicon-based electronics differ from bioelectronics? I hope your next lecture will present answers to such kinds of questions. Thanks.
I'mma be honest. I've seen *_plently_* of videos about semiconductor manufacturing and I have to admit... _this_ is probably where most things clicked for me. The way the field effect turns on a MOSFET, the steps in which a photoresist or oxide layer or sputtering or etching generally happens compared to the others. This is fascinating stuff, and a nice explanation, although even now I _still_ have to check over somethings to remember the process better. Maybe read some then watch some more Asianometry content 😅
just watched this entire video and hardly understood any of it....however, I do have a great respect for those who do and help improve our lives daily.....thanks much
They were just bigger - so one grain of dust in a million grains of air would not affect it. As for 'the first chip', machinery ran on thermionic vacuum tubes/valves in the early days, and you could make transistors and diodes out of them. Memory was provided by ferrite cores. The early chip-producing machines did not need to be fast, they just needed to create a functioning end product. Refinement, miniaturization and speed came later when the machinery itself was upgraded to solid-state (silicon transistors and semiconductor memory).
Incredible insight into chip manufacturing! Your video elegantly breaks down the complex process of creating microchips. Thanks for demystifying the fascinating world behind the technology we rely on!
I honestly can't believe this stuff is real sometimes. Those little chips are so cheap and readily available yet the technology and science behind it is insane.
Fantastic explanation and clear to understand even for people with basic knowledge i microchips. Making chips without potatoes is just absolutely sci fi and amazing! Best regards to Infineon!
We...are in neither age. We are in the information age in the brink of the space age. After that it will be something akin to the expansion age where we populate other planets, likely Mars and Luna.
Sand makes glass, concrete, and microchips. Literally, our housing (the kind that doesn't creak or make for noisy neighbours), windows, and entertainment and business. Your turn, wood.
I dont think any of us can fully appreciate the engineering thats went into the chips. Let alone the tools used to make them. The countless hours and people who worked for it.
I worked for a company in Northern NJ in 1974 and we were growing crystals in ovens and regulating the pull speed by hand. It was a really good job, but they moved out of state, the rest is history.
I would like to see a video on how the engineering design is converted after testing and and the mapping lines are miniaturized via photolithography. This video skims over the subject.
the ultimate high technology on this earth..... mind blowing ..... i hope next time when you make a video kindly put the photos of the scientists who are behind it.
Considering the median pay for the integrated circuit board engineers (the ones with the computers converting schematic drawings to physical layout) is only $35,000, I'd hold off.
the existential question .. how are the machines that manufactures these nano scale chips made? they themselves contain the few nanometers transistor technologies .. the creator is made out of his creation!
You answered your own question. Historically speaking, the first ever machine that produce transistor is very big. Like a Barn. And then they decided to make technological advances out of transistors that already been made into making a Smaller transistor than the first one. And repeat. That process went for tens of years from 1947 to this day. Everything literally went through Trials and Errors. To the point where Transistor can no longer be made out of something purely Conductive because it will gets easily overheat, the scientist need to came out with solutions. This is the point where semiconductive Transistor ideas came out. The scientist need to find a way to make a transistor able to withstand overheating until they experimented with the Sand aka Silicon. Now regarding your question about how did they make nanometers scale of transistors? How did they actually cut it or sculpt it .Like have you ever tried to burn something using Magnifying Glass and Sun light? That's how they experimented with.
This video taught me how beautiful this world is, so many things to know, so many things to try, i feel like i want to engulf this world but I'm i know it's impossible, I'm too small for this and the world is so large and wide
@Accurate Mediator HD CH1 the tech is made by people and I think people are getting dumb by it, BUT are more people that are getting smarter by it and have an 360 degree awarnes of the environment and they are living natural lives, actual lives.
I'm studying electronic engineering, we are using "Semiconductor Physics and Devices basic principles - Donald A. Neamen". Methods of manufacturing are included in the book.
I don't know what's more impressive - the microchip, or the machine that made the microchip
The netflix they incorporate to waste your lifetime.
but nothing is as impressive as the machine that made the machine that made the microchip
@@dogzer in fact if you think of the machine that made the machine that then made the machine that produced the microchip ..that's some mind blowing impressiveness!
teamwork is what is impressive.
the gathering of genius minds and their synergetic efforts that result in outcomes like this.
The people who made both
Scientists and Engineers are the true celebrity in my eyes. It ain't sexy alright but their work impacts every SINGLE person on earth - EVERY DAY.
finally found some one who appreciate what scientists and Engineers are doing
Their work is the real sexiness
Unless one's a sapiosexual!
Including isolated Amazon tribes.
Thank you to show your love and support towards science professionals.
Thank you from my side!
I find it hard to accept that "some company video" was that concise and informative. Kudos Infineon!
Well its a Engineering & technology company they are the exception that actually are capable of making informative videos. They don't deal directly with customers so they have no reason to "sell" you their product so they don't advertise they explain.
@@ScreamingManiac who invented this alien technology.
@@lordvenom4419 your mum
@BoneYard I recon thats mostly just to keep it simple. Do you really need to know that they used 1030C for 4min22sec in this example? It doesn't make you understand anything. These things are not secret at all. The stuff those companies try to keep secret is far out of the scope of this video.
infineon makes RAM chips, just google it
I work for a microchip manufacturing plant. I add layers of Oxynitride to 8in (150m wafers) just one of the HUNDREDS of steps needed to build these suckers. Even i was wowed seeing this video! The process trully is incredible. Im lucky to be apart of it!
This is a really good video. I am actually a bit flabbergasted that something created by a giant company for the general public manages to be this concise, informative, and doesn’t treat the viewer like a child. Seriously well done
How are Microchips made?
*watches the whole video*
Me: How are Microchips made?
@F a If you think you understood how every part was made in this video. Then you are the stupid one.
I’m synonymously concerned about the wording. What material are they talkin about when they mention the photo-resis material? I’m assuming it means photo resistant material.. but... WHAT THE FUCK ON EARTH IS INVISIBLE?
@@aaronmohr2688 photo resisant doesn't mean invisible. Just as water resistant watches doesn't mean water can pass "through" them. It means that if you expose it to the stuff (photons and water in both cases, respectively), it won't affect them.
@Matthias Randler it doesn't mean everyone would understand everything, it's okay if you didn't understand. Just as everyone talks about Quantum Computers these days and I don't have any idea regarding what the fuck that is.
@F a then go make a chip on your own, you tink you are intelligent?😂😂😂😂
My mom would kill for that super clean room.
nah shed still complain bout how you never clean it
"1 particle of dust in 10 liters of air? why not 0 particles of dust?!"
@@PooPooPerson cause there's no way that could happen atm
Until she finds out how much it cost to build one.
@SnoopyDoo The only way I can justify my pigsty of a room
I come here to understand better, now i'm confused better
good, keep it up
😂😂😂😂
it is about electric and material which is insulator or conductor xd. I just keep telling myself that
@@onceuponfewtime Yer not even close to understanding... Ya better watch the video again!!!👺😒
Best way to understand is to get a book and read it at your own pace.
That's the German way of TH-cam, not funny, not really entertaining, but highly detailed, informational and educational.
🇩🇪
The way I prefer it.
I like this alot since i actually learn something
I dont know man, when you look at the average german video its not much different to any other video in america. Not saying this is a positive thing, but germans and german stuff isnt at all as the clishé says.
Kurzgesagt is coming for you
@@DeezNuts- Now you can learn that "Alot" is a town in India, "a lot" is more than one of something and "allot" is to apportion something.
Nice video. I was an IT hardware technician for almost 40 years and I still marvel at what mankind can do.
If this was told in a science fiction movie, i would've said: impossible in real life.
Ya! Lol😁
Sci-fi actually focuses on things that are possible, and then sprinkles in some fantasy elements
yep!!! impressive!!
@X i mean it limited but yeah!
Religion too. Imagine some random person walk on earth 3000 years ago using phone or maybe simple calculator. They will not understand it and they will believe that it was magic.
The explanation of how transistors work was simple and just makes sense. I wish I had seen this back when I was still in high school.
Same
I'm in high school
Now class, make your own transistor with photo lithography and a wafer. You have 3 days. Hope you took notes. 😉
You learn about transistor in high school
wtf
I have passed high school last year and nothing has been taught to us.
Back when you were still HIGH in School.
How can anyone not be totally interested in this? We can make switches sooo tiny and in such incredibly sophisticated patterns and designs such that we can talk to eachother online, watch a video, make video, heck even displaying the letters as I type here is already so incredibly impressive. To think that the letters I am typing right now are passing through the CPU at a breakneck pace to go to my screen though another incredibly complex series of components, wire standards and be translated into pixel positions and colors on a screen.. It's amazing!
i cried. don't know how to express the feeling..
@@adenosinetp10 Transistor: *pats your*🥺
This chip shortage situation got me looking into how they are made . Very impressive
Same, i was like "it cant be that hard". But after watching this, i dont know how its even possible to make chips lmao
Lol I guess I’m not the only one
Yeah, now that I know how, it's like, hey, don't worry everyone! I'll do what I can to help!
@@thelespauldude3283 "it can't be that hard" 😂😂😂😂 thought the same thing: why are these dickheads not just making more?
Same
There are few other things that can demonstrate our mastery of science, engineering, mathematics, and the elements.
The degree to which we manipulated the elements and applied our knowledge to get to this point is genuinely astonishing.
With my high school physics knowledge, that's all I could focus on. The human mind is just brilliant.
Look I have hips of sand in my backyard, you can come take all of it for free just promise me a ryzen 9 5900x
Make sure nobody scalps the sand tho lol
I am a sand scalper
ill give you all the sand i have just give me a damn ryzen 9
@IanFromCalifornia Damn, you did it.
lol
This makes me wonder how a computer can be that cheap.. watching this makes me think that the piece of technology I'm holding could be well worth more than a car
automation, you should see how steel is made is made, it's like 95% autonomous.
Also mass production, even with billions of dollars being put into r&d - they can recoup the cost with mass sales (keeping in mind, these chips are tiny and you could have hundreds per wafer and there are multitude of machines in operation at any given time. Yes yields are an issue, but from a wafer, and modern processes - you could be looking at upwards of 70% of the chips being usable. There are methods of compensating by repeating parts of the chip (like adding extra cores) and omitting them from the end product - as a fail safe for if there is a defect, they can still use the chip,
And of course binning of different skews, (let's say half the cores came out defective, if you have a good product line, you can sell it from let's say an 8c model to a 4c - remember how all of them to produce cost the same though, which is why aiming for the best product and then binning from the bad yields is the best option for maximising profits)
Mass production my friend
True but due to scale price is cheap
Once you figure out how to make this and make a significant investment, it really doesnt cosy that much to produce a chip. Whereas making a car involves many sub contract and materials
Honestly, this is one the best videos that explain the process of making microchips with clear and detailed animations. So easy to understand even for simply curious people outside of the field.. Thanks!
The level of detail is stunning. It really makes me appreciate my phone and computer.
I have been working in the semi-conductor industry for the past few years, yet every time I see such a great explanation of the life cycle I just say one word "fascinating"!!💗
My dream
This is the best video regarding this subject. Apparently Intel's video is garbage :V
True 😂
@@standupyak Being first wasn't the point mate. they are the biggest. Did u even see their video?
Basically, intel does not want you to see what they are doing.. 🤣🤣
true
@@standupyak and?
All chips start out with a very simple raw material: Potatoes
I’m the 69th like
We use bananas and tapioca....
My country is a small tropical country in South East Asia but produce lots of banana chips. We have a variety of bananas of various sizes, from 3 inci to one and half foot bananas. However we produce microchips too from factories like Intel, Infineon, NXP, ON, Texas instrument etc for the world. Cheers
@N Diesal every wannabe gamer's tragedy
Why you use me
I am speechless. Just to think 100 years ago the best technology was a vacuum cleaner. I really have a new-found respect for computer engineers and an appreciation for the small things in our everyday lives that we take for granted. We have found new ways to push the boundaries of what makes us human. The other day I dropped my phone on the ground, after seeing this, I am astounded at how none of those tiny components were damaged because if one of those little capacitors or transistors, microchips, etc. broke, the entire thing could stop working. I am going to be more careful now with my devices, also after seeing this I won't feel so bad about paying really high prices for a little RAM chip.
They aren't damaged because chips are actually covered with an epoxy liquid that hardens before they're packaged, so there is no room for movement of any of the transistors on the chip as they're all sealed in a resin. The electricity can still get through the wires though of course.
Its heading to transhumanism, not so optimistic
it's really not like that. solder holds these components together and they are also convered in epoxy. the worst thing that can happen upon dropping your phone is breaking the screen
@@king_james_official and? Solders can crack and break as well
@@Teal-c sure, but what is the chance? the only way possible is to crack the pcb, which would break off the copper traces. i don't really know what you mean...
Its impossible to achieve this kind of technologies without knowledge, passion and company
This was a very concise, organized, and highly informative video about Semiconductor chips I have seen so far. Much appreciate. Also, the fact that we take this amazing sophisticated tech for granted is just mind-blowing.
I would absolutely love to actually see every step of the process as it happens during manufacturing, seeing everything that is done by humans and machines. I find this so fascinating.
It's literally thousands of steps..it would be more confusing and boring.. I think this video showed the 'essence' of it really well.
@@summertravel I didn't mean I'd want the video changed. I'd totally watch a documentary about the whole process.
They could show it, but then they’d have to eliminate each of us
chips are not made over night, they are made over months. this is the process for your New Graphic card or cpu they was started to produce months ago bevore you even know about them.
@@allxtend4005 I'm well aware of that, which is why a video about it would be awesome.
The whole using sand for this really highlights turning lemons into lemonade. Alchemy.
There Are Other Elements Used.
@@the4spaceconstantstetraqua886 sometimes it was like the material scientists would put up a periodic chart on the wall at the tavern and throw darts to see what new element would be featured in the next set of experiments.
Intel: Yeah, we know that. Now tell us how to make them faster!
Add another +
"Uhhh, 7nm?"
Intel: NO
At this point nobody is making them faster, just adding more cores and efficiency.
@@FlyboyHelosim No, Ryzen 5000 brought huge improvements in single core speed and no more cores than the last gen. And to stay competetive, Intel has to improve both single core speed as well as amount of cores.
@@titaniummechanism3214 I don't know what pot you've been smoking but the Ryzen 5000's clock speed is nothing faster than what's been available for years.
This video solved every questions I had about microchips
The people who developed chips truly deserve a Nobel prize!!!
This process wasn’t developed overnight by some people. It took years of iterations and innovative processes combined.
Appreciate the visuals used in this video. Showing things like the software used to program the structure of the chips was something I don't normally see in these types of videos and the machinery used and visuals on each layer created.
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Chemistry teacher: this topic is very easy
The topic:
Ever saw nileRed
This is not an big deal
😁
it actually is not that complicated. you just have to find a way to understand it. (try to think in different ways about this topic)
And don´t say you dont understand it, if you just heared 10 things about this topic. EVERYONE (exept for dead people) can understand this.
@@SKYTutorials From a big-picture perspective this is not complicated. But zoom in on just one of the steps discussed here and the details get VERY complcated
Lol
Never watched this much detailed video on the topic
Thanks for making this video, being the Electronics Engineer, it is very important to see the exposure that I might feel in future improves my present hardwork.
Thanks to all
My brain almost can't handle how these progressed through time to become what they are today and also how small they are. Doesn't get more impressive than this
im a geek of 30 years and well versed in this and this was a great vid ....thank you so much for a run down anyone could get and enjoy, adding it to the world info they have without making people feel stupid but making them feel teached and better informed about the world and more importantly..smarter....and as info givers thats a job you have nailed here..../thank you
The makers are the uncelebrated heroes. This is incredible 🤯
They get paid very well. They don't need much appreciation.
This is such an incredible video, thanks Infineon, you should be proud. Makes us all appreciate the insanely technical processes for items we take for granted. Wow!
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NO NEXT DIMENSION NO NOTHING.
Nicely made video that I was exactly looking for simple explanation
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I remember seeing this video as a teenager, now I am working as an engineer at Infineon and saw this video again. Couldn't have imagined I would be working here when I first saw the video 😅
Ya I don't feel so bad about spending several hundred dollars on a cpu now. All that work and tech, seems like i got a heck of a deal now.
@F a Isn't that a bit like estimating the cost of brain surgery to a few hundred bucks since all it takes is a few bandages, a scalpel and some anaesthetic? It isn't entirely wrong of course, because you could operate on someone and all you have is a sharp knife, some cotton and a few painkillers, but I think your estimate leaves out a lot that contributes to the overall cost.
@F a R&D costs hell lotta money and time. Guess why TSMC and Samsung is basically only foundry that produces meaningful amount.
@F a Not to mention tons of money that goes into making the infrastructure. It's not super profitable as you think. Only reason TSMC does fine is because there is almost no competition for above reasons.
@@CheolA-i7g TSMC has spent a great deal of money & time commercialising their process nodes. Many ICs are smaller than CPU & thus yeald more from each wafer, also they don't require the same performance requirments so they are manufactured on a smaller node first, then when process matures, yeald increases & CPU is viable.
Just wait til you see Milton Friedman's thing about the pencil.
Beautiful to hear this process straight from the horse's mouth! Thanks Infineon 👍
Do you know where I can buy all the machinery involved in these process ?
"I don't like sand. They're coarse, rough and they get everywhere"
- Anakin Skywalker
@@standupyak Hello there.
Well yes, but silicon wavers are smooth and shiny
I was looking for this comment :D
If he only appreciated the power of the microchip. He could have become the circuit design ruler of the galaxy.
I have seen videos of how they are made, but non of them really explained how most of it works. I understand it now, thanks.
Hundred years of hard work and genius minds to make a machine with a microchip in it can produce a microchip. Amazing!
Thankyou very much
Now i can make my own processor
As most of them are now out of stock
i never understood why p-type semiconductors had 'holes' even after my exams, until i watched this video lol. really dont like how they just expect us to memorise information for exams instead of teaching us to understand the information
I bet you have not understood it still.
I always thought p and n stood for positive and negative. Why they couldn't us + and - like everywhere else in science always got me.
Thanks for this amazing video. Having done microelectronics back in uni and designed some IC's myself i was always wanted to see them getting fabricated in real life but could never get access to a fab lab.
this is why I am addicted to college. It's just impossible to find more complex explanations than this on silicon chips
It is the best illustration of chips and microchips. How do microchips differ from biochips? How do silicon-based electronics differ from bioelectronics? I hope your next lecture will present answers to such kinds of questions. Thanks.
Idk man I thought chips are made from potatos
And microchips are made from micropotatos
Also from corn
Yes but not for humans
That tiny corn on chinese food tho
@@LordBaphometh
Farther it's corn 🌽
Thumbnail: sand
Title: How are Microchips made?
Me: *confUSED*
Sand is the easiest way to get silicon
I like how the special sawing technique still turns 50% of the ingot into scrap that goes back to the smelter to be recycled.
I'mma be honest. I've seen *_plently_* of videos about semiconductor manufacturing and I have to admit... _this_ is probably where most things clicked for me. The way the field effect turns on a MOSFET, the steps in which a photoresist or oxide layer or sputtering or etching generally happens compared to the others. This is fascinating stuff, and a nice explanation, although even now I _still_ have to check over somethings to remember the process better. Maybe read some then watch some more Asianometry content 😅
just watched this entire video and hardly understood any of it....however, I do have a great respect for those who do and help improve our lives daily.....thanks much
The people who saw the video and didn't see this comment section , are missing the most hilarious confustion comments of TH-cam.
i can’t imagine how the first chip ever made without that advance technology
Incremental progress.
It started as ENIAC or something like that
They were just bigger - so one grain of dust in a million grains of air would not affect it.
As for 'the first chip', machinery ran on thermionic vacuum tubes/valves in the early days, and you could make transistors and diodes out of them. Memory was provided by ferrite cores. The early chip-producing machines did not need to be fast, they just needed to create a functioning end product. Refinement, miniaturization and speed came later when the machinery itself was upgraded to solid-state (silicon transistors and semiconductor memory).
Human Evolution: From Hitting stones in a cave for fire to making Microchip with silica.
Dude, we made sand that thinks.
@@danpope3812 quite literally since most mobile CPUs have AI chips in them too.
Incredible insight into chip manufacturing! Your video elegantly breaks down the complex process of creating microchips. Thanks for demystifying the fascinating world behind the technology we rely on!
came here to see how microchips are made but
didn't understand a single thing except that sand is gold
Highly informative video!
7:14 - straight out of a sci-fi movie.
You need to get out more.
@@Paultimate7 random comment? You go out visiting semiconductor foundries or something?
Electromagnetism is basically magic at this point
Transistors Do Use Electromagnetism, Just It's Not Obvious.
Satisfying!
Where did we get the technology to build the first one?
Aliens
Or... just very, very smart people
They used another technology, like relays. Or bigger components.
@@asmrenjoyer2016 aren't very, very smart people aliens?
old school computers with big ass transistors were used during the production of first gen micro processors
They were alot bulkier the first transistors were made by hand. you use old computers to make newer computers
I honestly can't believe this stuff is real sometimes. Those little chips are so cheap and readily available yet the technology and science behind it is insane.
Best video on semiconductor manufacturing! 10/10
Fantastic explanation and clear to understand even for people with basic knowledge i microchips.
Making chips without potatoes is just absolutely sci fi and amazing! Best regards to Infineon!
So fascinating, best video I’ve ever seen about silicon processing.
When i think about it. We aren't in the Glass Age.
We are in the Sand Age.
but sand is glass i´m confused
We...are in neither age. We are in the information age in the brink of the space age. After that it will be something akin to the expansion age where we populate other planets, likely Mars and Luna.
@@suchtforU So is he
@@Paultimate7 we are in the glass age
Sand makes glass, concrete, and microchips. Literally, our housing (the kind that doesn't creak or make for noisy neighbours), windows, and entertainment and business.
Your turn, wood.
I dont think any of us can fully appreciate the engineering thats went into the chips. Let alone the tools used to make them. The countless hours and people who worked for it.
Thanks!
I'm high-school student and this video cleared all my doubts about Semiconductors and transistors.
I worked for a company in Northern NJ in 1974 and we were growing crystals in ovens and regulating the pull speed by hand. It was a really good job, but they moved out of state, the rest is history.
👏👏👏.
Chips? Wafers? I came here to learn and you made me hungry.
I would like to see a video on how the engineering design is converted after testing and and the mapping lines are miniaturized via photolithography. This video skims over the subject.
the ultimate high technology on this earth..... mind blowing ..... i hope next time when you make a video kindly put the photos of the scientists who are behind it.
It’s amazing that someone figured this stuff out.
i didn't know this level of sci fi actually existed
I love how they use sand dunes to represent the high purity silica sand that comes from mines
Yeah seems easy enough. I'll make my own tomorrow, thanks.
Did your tomorrow gone or going to be held??😂
Have you finished cleaning your room for it to be the "clean room" to commence the making, yet? 😅
I can not believe that human have made this !! , this is incredible technology
Fantastic lecture with a demonstration. I have attended Moore's Law, quantum computing, and manufacturing chips. Thanks.
To think that someone or some people had the intelligence to figure this out is astounding.
I wonder who did this 🤔
I will never take my CPU for granted again.
So you're saying its Alien Magic, Got it
What's amazing is how human started to get this knowledge..
Okuduğum bir dergi sayesinde buradayım.
Dostum bu mikroçipler harika!
Bilim ve teknik dergisimi
@@cihansimsek4083 Aynen dostum 👍
I am ready to pay $5000 for that Processor, they deserve the price point ☺ ☺
Considering the median pay for the integrated circuit board engineers (the ones with the computers converting schematic drawings to physical layout) is only $35,000, I'd hold off.
Ok after this is over, there will be a pop quiz, get your pencils ready.
You Shall not PASSED!!!!!!!!!!!
-Teacher
the existential question .. how are the machines that manufactures these nano scale chips made? they themselves contain the few nanometers transistor technologies ..
the creator is made out of his creation!
You answered your own question.
Historically speaking, the first ever machine that produce transistor is very big. Like a Barn. And then they decided to make technological advances out of transistors that already been made into making a Smaller transistor than the first one. And repeat.
That process went for tens of years from 1947 to this day.
Everything literally went through Trials and Errors. To the point where Transistor can no longer be made out of something purely Conductive because it will gets easily overheat, the scientist need to came out with solutions. This is the point where semiconductive Transistor ideas came out. The scientist need to find a way to make a transistor able to withstand overheating until they experimented with the Sand aka Silicon. Now regarding your question about how did they make nanometers scale of transistors? How did they actually cut it or sculpt it .Like have you ever tried to burn something using Magnifying Glass and Sun light? That's how they experimented with.
@@ClayWheeler thanks for your detailed answer
The smaller chip sizes simply give the end product more speed. You could probably run the software for these robots on 20-year old machines.
Its one of the inventions that we cannot thank scientists enough for.
This video taught me how beautiful this world is, so many things to know, so many things to try, i feel like i want to engulf this world but I'm i know it's impossible, I'm too small for this and the world is so large and wide
This give's me hope that smarter humans are here to save us all from general stupidity.
@Accurate Mediator HD CH1 the tech is made by people and I think people are getting dumb by it, BUT are more people that are getting smarter by it and have an 360 degree awarnes of the environment and they are living natural lives, actual lives.
@The Gallows sure think, the liberals are the no1 threat to EARTH, not mass extinction or stupidity.
Instuctions unclear. Made a gpu
learn vlsi design and you will understand
Ofcourse they don't explain everything step by step ... Many design methods and designs are secret/ patented/ proprietary
@@bhuvaneshs.k638 its a joke
@@bhuvaneshs.k638 pls baljeet suvrat singh punjabi can't you take a joke?
@@bhuvaneshs.k638 r/whooooooosh
You just literally explained class 12 physics chapter semiconductors😂
Thanks for this video!!
Explained very well in ncert pn junction topic
Sheesh, it's amazing each puter chip doesn't cost $5000! A beautiful, fascinating production -- bravo.
Now someone is coming out and giving in detail information of chip production. Love you infineon.
Iam literally suffering to understand this information. Can someone tell me where I can learn the basics told in this video?
you are not alone lol
Wikipedia. Just start with semiconductors and branch off from there.
academic books on computer engineering,you can find them on deep web for free or buy at amazon
I'm studying electronic engineering, we are using "Semiconductor Physics and Devices basic principles - Donald A. Neamen". Methods of manufacturing are included in the book.
@@JC-ct7gc Thank you!
so the Sahara is just a big chip? Bruh moment.
More like unprocessed processor
@@fajaradi1223 😅
@Norm T bruh it was a joke
@Norm T ok sherlock
I ruined 69 likes
Thank you for explaining well about microchips "how it is begin and was made". This video is amazing. Thank you for this Video.
OMG this is better than a sci fi movie....keep up the good work people you are our Supermen....
Thanks guys, was looking for this doc in a few places.. this is defo the best I found