Published On Oct 27, 2023
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.
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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?