The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone

Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by ypk2 on Monday September 29, 2025 @03:14AM (#45411097)

5. Processed Wafers

Great visualisation from Branch Education: https://youtu.be/B2482h_TNwg

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Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by solstice on Monday September 29, 2025 @09:03AM (#45413188)

Mindblowing to see the staggeringly high tower of tech upon which modern chips are build. Machines capable of nanometer-precision movements at speeds subjecting their parts to 7G of acceleration... 25KW lasergun pew-pewing tin droplets 50k times per second... The sheer complexity of modern chip designs...

It really evokes Douglas Adams' quip that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

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Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by peaseagee on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:17AM (#45414892)

Just FYI, that was Arthur C. Clarke. Douglas Adams is also extremely quotable, just that one wasn't his.

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Re:The Long Trip from Silica to Smartphone by solstice on Monday September 29, 2025 @11:47AM (#45415259)

Oh thank you! Should have listened to my inner voice pushing me to verify the quote's origin

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