Uploaded January 2021 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Learn what microchips are and what they do. A microchip is a set of electronic circuits on a small flat piece of silicon. Contrary to their size, microchips are massively important for today's technology as they power the electronic devices we use to live, work and play. Watch Jos Benschop, ASML's senior VP of Technology, explain how chips are made and the machines that make them.

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Chapters in this video:

00:00 What is a chip
00:26 What makes up a chip
01:53 How chips are made
05:07 Inside an ASML factory