Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Explaining process of making chips. Thank you very much Heather Richardson.

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

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