HOW THE TRANSISTOR WORKS

Summary : Microprocessors are essential to many of the products we use every day such as televisions, cars, radios, home appliances, and, of course, computers. Transistors are the main components of microprocessors.

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How a semiconductor waf ...

It Really Does Start With Sand . . . This series of images show how silicon wafers are made from sand, purifying the silicon and then growing single crystal ingots that look like huge sausages. ... See more

The lady bug and the mi ...

This is a children's story about Little Lil the ladybug and her journey across a silicon wafer and down into a semiconductor integrated circuit. It was created to help kids get a visual sense out of what microm ... See more

What Math & Science Hav ...

Lisa Su, VP of IBM's Semiconductor Research & Development Center, describes what math and science have done for her. ... See more

Images in Semiconductor ...

16 Jun 2008

Key events drawn from archived documents in VLSI's library. These documents have been carefully selected for their historical significance. ... See more

Bill Tobey on Bringing ...

06 Dec 2006

Bill Tobey interview on his conceptualizing the wafer stepper in the late 1970s ... See more

Yan Borodovsky: Breakin ...

13 Sep 2007

Ever wonder how innovation really happens? Think it's someone sitting back and dreaming up an idea? In this video, Yan Borodovsky, describes how it starts with a nuisance that grows until you do something about ... See more

WHAT'S A BUNNY SUIT?

Find out what it's like to be working in the clean room. ... See more

KULICKE & SOFFA: WIRE B ...

15 Jun 2006

Ever wonder how the nanochips you see in pictures wind up covered in plastic on a printed circuit board and how they connect nanometer scale lines to the big wires in the electronics you buy? ... See more

What Math & Science Can ...

Mike Polcari, CEO of SEMATECH, describes how he built a career in math and science, what it’s done for him and what it can do for you.. ... See more

HOW TO BUILD A DINOSAUR

Dr. Jack Horner, “The Dinosaur Guy,” describes the biological challenges in building a dinosaur. ... See more