A few more details and updates: - At 10:49 I said the EUV light bounces through lenses and mirrors. This is not fully accurate, they only use mirrors for this light since lenses actually absorb it. Lenses are used for the lasers that create the plasma at the earlier stage. - Just a day or two ago Intel announced a big revamp to their fab business where they will basically adopt the Samsung model and let others use their fabs to make chips too. I didn't have time to update this video for the news, but will talk more about it in my next video on my second channel. Subscribe if you haven't already: kzfaq.info

his reaserch work is really good he isn't just narrating the points from an article like others do

I work for a US based semiconductor equipment manufacturer. Business is booming! The increase in demand for chips has us building tools at a record pace! Great time to be in the chip industry!

You are one of the most underrated creators on this platform. Keep it up!

people saying making chips is hard: me knowing i just need potatoes, olive oil and salt:

I don't think anyone could've done this better in a video under 30 minutes, and this was a deeper dive than most of your other videos. GREAT work!

Love how you're moving away from phone companies. I really want to watch anything about tech, watching the same type of tech gets boring after a while.

Wait a minute I didn't even realize when u started the sponsor message so smooth. Awsm video.

Extremely quality content, no stupid ads all over. I don't understand why doesn't this blow up, it's been long at this point!

Being an electronics engineer, I'm so happy watching these kinda content. Way more informative than ppt slides reading teachers🙏

Incredible! You covered the whole topic effortlessly, while managing to give just the right amount of details needed. It's very technical, yet simplified enough for an ordinary audience. The best part is how you also explained it's impact on geopolitics and world economies. Thank you for the video.

Let's take a moment to appreciate the amount of research this has put into explaining such a vast subject within 16 minutes.

I work as a contractor in Fab 42 (Chandler, Arizona USA), this should be interesting

Great video! I recently did a deep dive into the semiconductors industry and still learned a few things here. The presentation, the level of detail and the comprehensiveness of this video are top notch. And I had this audiobook for a while in my library, but will now finally listen to it thanks to you. Keep up the great work!

your scripting/narration is just fascinating I swear I feel smarter when I watch your videos😂

This is such high quality for something free. This is amazing.

The thumbnail has the energy off “To make an apple pie from scratch, you first need to create the universe”

TechAltar is one of those channels that makes you wanna brag you've been watching years ago. Well guess what, i've been watching TechAltar for years. Love it dude, keep making this awsome and super informative videos!

Fantastically researched video with a really interesting overview of the industry that doesn't get talked about much. :)

I've been trying to find a lot of this information for a while now it is really difficult to find so having you consolidated all of it in a video is much appreciated

Few months back I tried to understand how this chip manufacturing works and found that there was not a lot of videos about it in youtube. This video fills that gap. Great job

I love this channel. It's so out of my field but the exposition is close to perfect so I end up learning a lot

Your videos are always fun and educational. I can feel your deep curiosity and passion about tech companies. What I like is you aren't only discussing the science behind these tech, but also link them to the business aspect. Looking forward to watch future videos!

This is probably the best and most concise video on topic covering much of the semiconductor industry.

packing a high quality content about the nerdy topic into a short video like this is incredible work Man👏👏👏

man, you really take your time to publish videos but they are spot on, very enjoyable, and the production quality is excellent. keep up the good work!

One of the best videos ever made on the inner workings of semiconductor industry. Amazing !

I love those quick dives into knowledge pits... I'm informed on tech news but this video got me learning new informations ! First time commenting on your channel and I'm glad :) thx

One of your best videos so far, brilliant stuff. "Insanely complex" is quite fitting, jesus.

You are one of the most underrated creators on this platform. Keep it up

Excellent as always. I always wait with so much eagerness to watch your Story Behind series. Thank you

Wow, this is by far the best I’ve seen om the subject. Kudos!

Great video! It would be nice to see more about these machines ASML makes.

That thing of the artificial UV Light is MINDBLOWING!!

I love the academical and business purpose of your video about tech. You indeed improve my understanding about tech industry each and every week 👍. Shout out from Malaysia! 🇲🇾

Sir, you have done a fabulous job. And I couldn't even find your name to thank you. Previously I was so confused about the chip industry that I couldnt wrap my mind around it. You definitively have decluttered much of this industry that I could understand most, if not all of it. Please keep up the fantastic work.

I've been calling chip manufactures "Foundries" I guess "Fabs" is the new nomenclature. It's telling that TSMC's booth at DAC (Design Automation Conference) is probably 10x larger then Intel's booth.

Wow!! Such a high quality and detailed researched video!! Very much appreciated!!

Wow. Excellent video. It did put things into perspective and did actually explain a lot of things I was struggling to understand, even thought I've tried to research them a few times.

u always hav da most interesting tech + business topic discussions dat no other utuber covers

Watching on M1, where I just got Windows on ARM to work! It's so nerdy and awesome!

One of the best and most comprehensive video on this topic. Thanks for making it!

Really love your content man. Kurvára nagyon jó.

My dude, this is one of the smoothest transition to sponsors i've ever seen, so good that i realize it was a propaganda by half of it xD.

Fun fact: ASML once hit a tech bottle neck on their next gen EUV, and the problem was solved by a National Taiwan University professor. Dutch & Taiwanese helping each other out to dominated the global market. Pretty cool.

Fascinating overview of microelectronics industry, thanks!

Great coverage! Thank you for putting the efforts for us to enjoy!

As someone working in the Si industry, I am really impressed by the amount of research you have done to create this video.

There is so much to learn from the comments section of this, thanks everyone for contributing

Terrific video. As always, a pleasure to watch!

Thank you for this info. Id love to hear a more in-depth video on this

Might be an interesting bit of info: a good portion of post-fabrication inspection equipment is produced in Budapest, Hungary by Semilab, pretty much in the same building that once was a popular nighclub of the city, Barba Negra Music Club. In fact the wall decorations of Barba Negra are still visible on the building walls.

I freaking love this video, amazing job you've done here

This video needs way more recognition. Great job

Incredible wrap-up No questions left unanswered Thank you

@6:24 you say Tensorflow, which is their ML software library. I guess you meant TPU (Tensor Processing Unit)? Great video!

So, we now have an open standard for ISAs in RISC-V, but we also need an open standard in chip fabrication so that more groups can start manufacturing chips.

This is a fantastic report. At just the right time. Bravo !

This video is very nice, easy to understand, good paced with enough details. Good quality KZfaq video

I read the caption before the thumbnail loaded, I really thought of potato 🥔 chips😂😂😂

This is such a detailed video about the technology and economics behind chips. Chips that used by us multiple times a day and we don't even think about it.

Excelent summary, congrats!

Great video, very well explained and I got many doubts clarified. You gained a new subscriber!

I hoped you would have touched the fact that Moore's "Law" is about to end. Due to a proper physical barrier. Do you think that once we hit that barrier (what could it be? 2nm?) competitors could have the time to catch up with TSMC? Is that feasible/reasonable? Do you have any hope that the bleeding edge monopoly could end along with Moore's Law? EDIT: grammar

The bottleneck of the instruction set, while being the least significant now, is probably the most significant for the future. At the end of the day, you don't care about instruction sets, chip design, silicone fabs etc., you care about owning a device, that you can open a game, and when you press f you pay respect. The instruction set is the mediator between the code a developer writes and the product a user has. Every dev environment that is "platform agnostic" has an f ton of libraries underneath it that have many different, very platform specific, implementations. It's enough for one of those libraries to not work for the whole software to break(see: how removing leftpad from NPM broke half the internet for a day). So you can make a super fast, super efficient, super cheap processor technology, powered entirely by potato juice and RGB lights, and even being able of making it compatible with ARMv8 and X86-64 - and still, if Intel+AMD and ARM decide not to sell you a license, we are SOL. Every single piece of software would need to be rewritten into your new assembly language, including every single dependency it has, before it would be able to run on RGB-potato chips. This is why moving to ARM instead of an open platform might be a really bad idea the longer run - we will go through the struggle once, just to go through it again once ARM decides to stop playing nicely.

This is why I've been subscribed to you ever since you began. Your content is incredibly interesting and so well made. I happened to purchase some stock in TSMC and I love learning more about the industry. Please never stop.

I fell in love with this series... Great content and a deep understanding.

If anybody watched Code Lyoko when they were young, I know they imagine Xana taking control of these chip factories and creating a massive AI weapon haha

14:00 a 407% increase makes it actually more than the quintuple

phenomenal vid, lots of great info. Nothing dumbed down

Deine Videos landen irgendwie nie in meinem Feed und ich bin froh, ab und zu mal auf deinen Kanal zu schauen. Deine Videos sind so gut recherchiert und hochwertig produziert und das alles noch auf englisch - wahnsinnig gut. Danke! Your videos somehow don't show up in my feed and I'm glad I take a look at your channel from time to time. Your videos are so very well researched and have an overall high production quality - really awesome. Thanks!

I accidentally read drip industry in the thumbnail

Looks like the Netherlands need to do more about the ASML monopoly.

This is an unbelievably informative and entertaining video that's also relatively concise. Amazing work!

Thank you Tech Altar....pretty much well explained...

I'm pretty sure Frito Lay is also a big player in the chip industry

Take a shot each time he says "bleeding edge" or "cutting edge"

Damn interesting! My first job was in chip design software, so I had an interest and knowledge of all the processes back in the '90s . A LOT has changed since then and I have not kept up as I moved to other industries as I switched jobs. Thanks for the refresher and update.

Thanks for doing such a great research work for us, keep it up please don't stop

We are living in an era where everything is relying on microprocessors.

There's one thing you forgot to discuss about chip design especially the miniature ones: failure's pretty more common as you decrease the size of the chips. Intel couldn't release its 10nm because they couldn't produce a lot of usable chips per wafer, hence, they were struggling for years. They used to be the leader, beating GloFo and TSMC. Because of Intel's complacency at the top, they didn't realize TSMC/AMD was catching up to them and caught them with their pants down. Now, Intel's in the same situation as AMD in its Bulldozer era just a decade ago. Their chips had become hot and inefficient and can't move past 14nm. I hear Intel's doing major restructuring to get back to the top, unfortunately, at the expense of its other advancements, like its Optane memory. I hope that this would result in better prices and products for the consumer

NXP contractor in Austin this was a very good break down of the semiconductor world. I knew our tools were expensive given the value of our wafers but man I was way out of the ball park on the price. Great video!

Excellent graphics. A treat to watch.

I know I'm not first, but hey, I hope you have a good day.

yes Edit: also first

Best channel and series, keep it up I work in the cellular industry and learn alot from you

Well-crafted, well-written, educational and entertaining.

is there really still a person who does not know about the existence of RJVX12 algorithm?

Your two tech channels produce the most insightfull quality made tech videos l know. I really appreciate the work you put out there for free, very valuable information

I didn't know this was so complicated. Great video. Thanks !

Awesome video! I work at global foundries the 300mm fab in east fishkill. Amazing place to work for. I basically maintain the fleet of AMAT PVD ( physical vapor deposition) . We lay very thin layers of whatever conductor is being layered down using plasma to strike a target ( whatever material, copper, aluminum, tantalum.) the fans run 24/7 356 so I work 3 on 4 off 4 on 3 off. 12.5 hr shifts and basically if something happens to any of the tools, we try to fix them. And also performing pm work ( planned maintenance) I a big part of the job, it like doing oil changes( kits and targets) but on multi million dollar machines, and the risk of millions in damage of product of production time..And I love it , have never worked in such a multicultural setting, and loving place. We are all actually looking forward to the transition to ON semiconductors in the up coming years!

You answered so many questions I had in this video thanks for thos

Wow. Nice video, very comprehensive and informative.

What a great video all throughout!

wow. this is an amazing production. thank you !!!!!!

Great work. Highly appreciated. Keep it up.

Welcome back! Good quality as always

Just to avoid confusion for anyone concerned, lithography is a crucial part of the fabrication process itself. The fabrication process includes many processes like lithography, etching, doping, etc.

Amazing video, so interesting and informative. Thank you!!

I've been in the electronics industry more than 20 years and still I learned a lot of new things in this video that I didn't know. Great job.