The Future of Intel

SUPPORT THIS VIDEO! Grab our BRAND NEW factory shirt on the store: OR grab a Silicone Soldering & Project Mat, PC building Modmat, toolkit, or other item: We think these videos are extremely important for education, but they’re the most expensive videos we make, and often with the lowest return. Your direct support of this video on our store will help us recoup costs and make more of these. Thank you. This deep-dive, full documentary of Intel’s American Fabs, focusing on Fab 42, Fab 32, and Fab 52, digs deep into the construction and usages of “fabs.“ A “fab“ is a fabrication facility focusing on silicon wafers, ultimately used in CPUs, GPUs, AI processors, and other technology. Intel’s new fabs are being constructed all over the world, and we got to visit the new Fab 52 in Arizona, adjacent to Fab 42 that we toured in-depth. This video features the basics of how a CPU is made, the types of machines that are used to make CPUs, processes, and gives a physical sense of scale for a fabrication facility. We wanted to truly capture how large and complex these “mega factories“ are. The equipment shown in the video includes lithography, photoresist applicators, deposition and diffusion machines, and more. This video features expert interviews from both independent and first-party Intel engineers, technicians, and analysts. If you’ve ever wanted to see how a CPU is made physically (with supporting 3D animations for education), this will help you get started. Watch our AMD Lab Tour & Documentary in the same style! Buy a GN Anti-Static Modmat for your next DIY PC! Or one of our Project & Soldering mats with extreme heat resistance: You can also get one of our 3D PC part coaster packs here: Or our metal case emblems and badge magnets, featuring both Intel and AMD CPUs: Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: TIMESTAMPS 00:00:00 - The Future of Intel 00:02:49 - SUPPORT THIS KIND OF VIDEO 00:04:18 - Construction of a Fab 00:10:28 - Water Usage 00:11:51 - Entering Fab 42 00:14:15 - Automated Super Highway 00:18:24 - Fabrication Steps 00:21:34 - Defining the Tools 00:25:59 - Animation Explaining Lithography 00:28:53 - Machines for Photolithography & Photoresist 00:33:20 - Fab Deposition & Metals 00:39:48 - Remote Operations Center 00:41:30 - LOST in the Fab 00:44:25 - Vertical Diffusion & Ion Implantation 00:52:37 - Why Can’t Wafers Be Made Faster? 00:54:42 - Impossibly Complex 00:58:04 - Getting Into This Field ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video (“this video is brought to you by“) and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or “sponsored content“ (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: f: w: Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Editing Mike Gaglione: Camera, Additional Editing Vitalii Makhnovets: Camera A, Video Production, Lead Editing Jimmy Thang: Additional Writing Andrew Coleman: 3D Animation, Editing