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FIG. 01 / HARDWARE

How a chip is made

From a blank piece of silicon to billions of possibilities. Follow the layers that make a microchip.

10-step animation3 min exploration
INTERACTIVE MODEL
Opening your exploration…
A simplified teaching model. Shapes and timings are illustrative.
THE BIG IDEA

Chips are built through repeated cycles of adding material, patterning it with light, and selectively removing it.

TRY THIS
  1. Press Play to follow the full sequence.
  2. Compare Develop and Etch. What changes in each?
  3. Jump to Connect to see the wiring above the switches.
KEEP THE CURIOSITY GOING
Computer science

The nearby copy