A lot of computer enthusiasts either are capable of assembling personal computers themselves, or, at least, know for sure how those machines should be brought together. Fewer know how actual computer components work and not a lot know peculiarities of their manufacturing process. Meanwhile, from different points of view knowing the depths is even more interesting than simply understanding the outcome.
Hardware Secrets, a recently established web-site, has managed to have a tour around Intel's Fab 18 located in Kiryat Gat, Israel and watch the real process of how wafers that will eventually become real processors are manufactured using Intel Corp.'s 90nm fabrication technology. The article complements an earlier issue from the web-site that covered manufacturing process of semiconductors in general.
- Hardware Secrets: Intel Fab18 Factory Tour in Kiryat Gat, Israel.
- Hardware Secrets: How Chips are Manufactured.
