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How Are Chips Manufactured?

Explaining process of making chips. Thank you very much Heather Richardson.
Chapters:
  • 00:00What is this video about
  • 01:37Silicon and wafers
  • 05:09The process
  • 06:59Doping
  • 10:06Making an inverter
  • 14:17Gate oxide
  • 17:16Source and drain regions
  • 18:45Why analog chips are harder to build
  • 26:16Connecting transistors
  • 32:14PDK - Process Design Kit
  • 38:39Steps of designing chip
  • 43:38Parameterized cells
  • 48:24How long does chip manufacturing take
  • 55:11How much does it cost
  • 1:04:26Foundries (Factories manufacturing chips)
  • 1:07:52Reticle
  • 1:13:50Capacitors and resistors
  • 1:18:56US and global IC manufacturing
  • 1:23:28Why is it expensive to build and run chip factory
  • 1:28:38About Heather