The Fascinating Journey of CPUs: From Creation to Packaging

Have you ever wondered how a modern CPU is designed, tested, and manufactured? Same! Intel invited me out to their Malaysian HQ to see how the whole process works. It's bananas. Intel Fab Tour from @LinusTechTips - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ehSCWoaOqQ Follow Snazzy Labs on Twitter - http://twitter.com/snazzyq Follow me on Instagram - http://instagram.com/snazzyq Follow me on Mastodon - https://mas.to/@snazzyq Follow me on Threads - https://threads.net/@snazzyq Intel has a lot of stuff going on in Malaysia: from their SIMS facility that manufactures testing equipment for their other factories/facilities, to testing labs that put their latest silicon through hell before production, to the actual die sort/prep and packaging, there's a lot to see. In this special episode of Snazzy Labs, we show the process—from start to finish! 0:00 Intel pissed me off 1:02 I only like one person at Intel 2:10 SIMS - Systems Integration & Manufacturing Services Factory 3:54 PG16 - Design and Development Lab 5:12 Failure Analysis Lab 6:31 It starts with sand... 6:51 DSDP - Die Sort, Die Prep 11:11 PGAT - Penang Assembly and Test 13:46 How TF is this even possible?