5steps from the big bang
184things can go into it
die
ComponentPart
The wafer is cut into hundreds of individual chips, called dies. Faulty ones are marked and thrown away.
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Made Of
Everything is made of something.← What it takes
What it leads to →
Made from
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Goes into
The wafer is cut into hundreds of individual chips, called dies. Faulty ones are marked and thrown away.
From the big bang to die
The most direct chain from the start of the universe, following what things are made from and, for living things, what they evolved from. Each step shows when it first appeared.
big bang13.8 bn yrs ago
Hehelium13.8 bn yrs ago
CO2 laser1964
lithography scannerdate unknown
finished waferdate unknown
diedate unknown