Inside the machine that saved Moore’s Law
Segment 2: How Are Semiconductors Made?
So, how are semiconductors made? It’s a blend of cutting-edge science and impressive industrial precision—a mix of chemistry, physics, and engineering that brings together expertise from around the world.
It all starts with silicon, one of the most abundant elements on Earth. Silicon is extracted from quartz
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The Moore's Law Update
NOTE: this is a semi-log graph, so a straight line is an exponential; each y-axis tick is 100x. This graph covers a 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000x improvement in computation/$. Pause to let that sink in.
Humanity’s capacity to compute has compounded for as long as we can measure it,... See more
