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Silicon Run
1996 · Film · documentary · 39 min
Silicon Run uses live industrial footage to show the many processes necessary to manufacture microchips, including crystal growth, circuit design, and the wafer fabrication process for CMOS technology. Using close-ups of manufacturing processes and device animation, Silicon Run provides a clear overview of front-end semiconductor manufacturing. It is an ideal training tool for college students and industry professionals at all levels.
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Lower-level teaching resources definitely exist! Here are my favorites:
- The Zero to ASIC course (and Tiny Tapeout) [1] explains transistor circuits and teaches you an open source software stack---and you get a chip physically manufactured! You could make the Nand to Tetris computer in actual silicon (if you can get enough transistors).
- To learn how things are manufactured on silicon wafers, get textbooks on microfabrication. A decent starting point is [2]. There's also a good video series [3] for a quick overview.
- To understand how a single transistor or diode works, get textbooks on "semiconductor devices". A good starting point is the free online [4].
[1] https://www.zerotoasiccourse.com/ https://tinytapeout.com/
[2] "Introduction to Microelectronic Fabrication" by Jaeger
[3] https://siliconrun.com/our-films/silicon-run-1/
[4] "Modern Semiconductor Devices for Integrated Circuits" by Chenming Hu, https://www.chu.berkeley.edu/modern-semiconductor-devices-for-integrated-circuits-chenming-calvin-hu-2010/