From Zero to Hero
Gordon Moore - Technology Pioneer
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductor, co-founder of Intel and Chairman Emeritus of the company talks about the evolution of manufacturing equipment from in-house development by semiconductor vendors to commercial suppliers specializing in specific technology areas including diffusion, epitaxy and photolithography. He discusses the impact of business cycles on both the device and equipment suppliers, on the early applications of integrated circuits, and on the unexpected durability of Moore's Law.
Intel Factory Tour
Intel takes you inside its advanced factories where silicon wafers are made into computer chips.
Intel is upgrading its FABs and assembly factories from 32nm to next generation 22nm manufacturing methods.
See inside on the Intel's most modern 32-nanometer (nm) computer-chip plants, known as FABs, where people turn silicon wafer into the brains of computers.
We also go inside an Assembly and Test factory (A&T), where chips are given electrical connections and "packaged" to fit inside computers and other computerized devices.
Intel Product Making-i7
Go inside the benchmarking lab in Santa Clara, California and in labs in Hillsboro, Oregon to see first-hand the enthusiasm, brilliance and dedication that went into creating the new Core i7 microarchitecture, codenamed "Nehalem."
The Core i7 can handle more data, quicker and more energy efficiently. "Building this microprocessor brings a lot of people together, like architects, micro architects and the design teams," says Rani Borkar, vice president of Intel's Digital Enterprise Group. "As you get into the development phases, working with the process technology, it's a mind-boggling effort that requires a lot of teamwork across the board."
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