semiconductor fabrication
Making silicon chips
Semiconductor fabrication is the complex manufacturing process by which integrated circuits and microchips are created on silicon wafers.
The process involves hundreds of precisely controlled steps including photolithography, etching, doping, and deposition, all performed in ultraclean environments called fabs or foundries.
A single modern chip may require months to complete and contain billions of transistors.
Taiwan dominates global semiconductor fabrication.
The field is sometimes shortened to semiconductor fab or chip manufacturing.
- microprocessorsChips that execute programs
- integrated circuitsMiniaturized electronic components on semiconductor
- foundriesMetal-casting plants
- photolithographyLight-transfers patterns onto silicon
- silicon wafersThin crystalline discs for circuits
memory chips · etching · doping · photoresist · deposition · annealing · Moore's Law · cutting edge · chip shortage · supply chain · cleanroom · polysilicon · logic gates · oxidation · microcontrollers · LEDs · sensors · solar cells
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