Checking wafers processing in a vertical diffusion furnace, one of the many tools through which wafers must pass as they go through the hundreds of steps that make up the manufacturing process.

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Clean air continuously flows from every pore of the ceiling and through the holes in the floor. All of the air in the clean room is replaced several time every minute.

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A technician checks individual wafers, which can contain hundreds of individual chips, to make sure they are perfect.

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Close up of the wafer as it spins during a testing procedure.

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Intel technicians monitor the wafers' progress through the Fab using automated measurement tools and strict quality standards.

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An Intel technician holds a wafer for the camera. Each square on the wafer is called a "die" and each microprocessor will eventually become the "brain" of a PC system.

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Intel technicians monitor wafers in an automated wet etch tool. The process cleans the wafers of any excess process chemicals or contamination.

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One of the steps in manufacturing processors includes the application and removal of a light-sensitive polymer coating on silicon wafers that contain multiple processor cores. Here, a manufacturing technican logs this process during the manufacturing of Intel® Itanium® processors.

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A manufacturing technician operates a visual inspection station to identify any defects in a silicon wafer containing Intel® Itanium® processor cores.

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A manufacturing technician operates a visual inspection station to identify any defects in a silicon wafer containing Intel® Itanium® processor cores.

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A silicon wafer containing Intel® Itanium® processor cores.

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