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johnnylambada ◴[] No.40713507[source]
It’s fascinating to think about the number of PUs (procedural units) it takes to make a modern tool. Something as simple as a modern hammer must number in the thousands and a mobile phone in the millions or billions.
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w-ll ◴[] No.40714213[source]
Billions of transistors in a smart phone, and those took many^many machines to build
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1. NL807 ◴[] No.40715387[source]
The factories that build them is like something out of a sci-fi film. Quite mind blowing.
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2. Cthulhu_ ◴[] No.40717315[source]
There was a great article posted the other day that explained in detail but also followable terms all the processes that go into making a chip. I didn't realise that a single wafer can spend months in the production line.