I enjoyed myself tonight! :)

[watdahel]

Boy did I have fun tonight or what. I had the fortunate chance to mutilate my AMD XP1600+ cpu. You know the one that's supposed to be on my computer right now, but instead I had to replace it with an XP1700+. Yah baby! I wish you could all have been in that bathroom. I had a hammer and a wrech and gave that cpu the punishment it so deserved for comitting suicide on me.

One thing that puzzled me: the die is surprisingly like a metallic rock. That baby shattered like no other. Ha ha ha.. I didn't even see any interesting circuitry like you would assume. It's as if the die is just a piece of solid glass.

Next, I used pliers to rip the brown stuff. What a stress reliever. The thing buckled like a piece of wafer. It's like a piece of fabric that has been hardened with glue. Obviously, it wasn't hard enough. Sweeet!

I wish I had a microscope so I can take a closer look at the die.

Can anyone link me on how they make CPUs.

 

[vassil3427]

Lol, that poor poor cpu ...well i'm glad you enjoyed yourself and I dont blame you, were you unable to return it? ..Oh well I'll try to find a link on how cpu's are fabricated...I can tell you that the core is a peice of silicon with those little "roads" etched on it with ultra-violate rays...lol...

 

[vassil3427]

here's a cool site...doesnt fully explain though
http://www.a1-electronics.co.uk/Intel_Section/CPUs/0.09_micronprocess_Aug02.shtml

 

[watdahel]

:blackeye: Oh for crying out loud. Why in the hell did I lose sight of the warranty. I think you just spoiled my fun. Completely forgot about returning this to AMD.

 

[vassil3427]

I'm sorry erwin

 

[Vehementi]

:haha: Good idea, I have 2 currently dead Socket CPU's at my house...one's my old XP1900+ :haha:

 

[Arris]

Something made from Silicon is rock like?
Wow... there's a shocker

Anyway here is Intel's little explanation of how chips are made.

 

[Justin]

You shouldn't be able to see anything on the core if you cracked it open - The "circuitry" is so incredibly small it is thousands of times smaller then you would be able to see with the naked eye.

They are also built in layers - I forget what the material is they use for the base layer, I believe it's Silicon Dioxide. Various materials are used during each layer process to properly protect the core from the environment - Including aluminum.


And despite technologies rapid growth rate, even at the very best of Intels labs, the failure rate of chips straight out of production is about 50%.

 

[Per Hansson]

I've been looking for a site that explains how chips are made to...

I've seen the one on Intel but that's IMHO just crap

Has anyone made a movie about this or something? Would be fun to know more of these little critters ;-)

 

[Arris]

Originally posted by Per Hansson
I've been looking for a site that explains how chips are made to...

I've seen the one on Intel but that's IMHO just crap

Has anyone made a movie about this or something? Would be fun to know more of these little critters ;-)

Intel's one is a bit rubbish but it seemed to have some pertainent information and I couldn't be bothered looking for another one

Although Tweak3d have a fairly informative article on "How CPUs are made".
The part about transistors is quite simplistic but some of the other information is quite interesting.

The first layer of silicon dioxide is grown by exposing it to extreme heat and gases. This growth is similar to how rust grows on metal when exposed to moisture. Rust however, grows very slowly over time. The silicon dioxide grows much faster and creates an extremely thin layer of material on the wafer. Then the wafer is coated with a chemical called Photoresist. Photoresist becomes soluble, meaning it can be dissolved away, when exposed to ultraviolet light.