Making Memory Chips - Semiconductor manufacturing process

From laptops to mobile phones to connected cars and homes, memory and storage are helping change how the world works, plays, communicates and connects. Check out this behind the scenes look at Micron’s state of the art fabrication process for how memory chips are made - from initial design all the way through testing and packaging.

[@MrLehi99]

I have been waiting for a good chip manufacturing video for years. Today, I finally found it.

[@badallmann]

Think about all the engineers who developed each step

[@baddgoat85]

I can't. It will melt my brain.

[@tamiandjoseaguilar432]

No

[@kuangkyra5040]

At least someone thinking about us… thanks

[@niharikathakuria7492]

Going to be one soon 😍 so excited!

[@yakovmatityahu]

Think about God who made all things...

[@nikkolaus]

Proud to be a part of the operations to serve the FAB 6 Team!

[@blitz8229]

Really awesome to see all the machines required for the process! thank you for posting!

[@CheapSushi]

This was really cool to see. The machine adding the gold wires was insanely fast. I know us folks often complain about prices of SSDs, etc. But it's hard to imagine how much work goes into all this. Especially when all you see is just a fairly plain black rectangle on some semi-interesting PCB. 1 month to create? With 100s of steps? Thanks for posting this.

[@goddamnit]

I know right? So insane how far we've come within just the last 50 years even

[@Richie_]

etch, rinse and repeat, for a month.

[@ttb1513]

Yes, it is impressive. And it years to determine and design the 1000s (not just 100s) of process steps so the memory bits can be ever smaller but with very high yields. And THEN a given chip goes through all these steps over a month. Amazing. The number of bits in a $100 SSD has increased by amazing amounts over the last 10, 20 years.

[@robfla]

It's amazing how much work is done behind the scenes, in order to get to the finished product.

[@68HC060]

Thank you, Micron, for manufacturing high quality memory products. I especially appreciate your fast high capacity SDR SDRAM (we're using it with STM32 microcontrollers).

[@JoeyaoChou]

Finally I know why Micron delete its old version "How we make our product". Because here comes the newer version. In this new version during Assembly/Test, less human repetitive work, more robotic automated work.

[@discostu333]

Absolutely incredible video. Thanks!

[@bangrul74]

this shows something very extraordinary, really a very useful work, thank you for uploading this video guys

[@kodeypatterson8973]

I love these videos. Thanks for making it

[@k-raj3661]

finally i find good info video on youtube.. tnx youtube and micronTechnology.

[@iqbalmuhammad5713]

Micron is actually helping how the world uses information and enrich life for all

[@applepine1048]

it feels so good having an ssd for starting operating system and programs. it's like a license to start working finally. thank you dear manufactures.

[@gameimprovements4347]

Never used one- Heard they're so much better than older HD's back in 2012. Shocked they're becoming more widely used only recently!

[@jonassx100]

@@gameimprovements4347 lol they are like rocket

[@herantd]

That production facility is probably the most expensive thing in the world

[@maelstrom254]

Large hadron collider or ITER are much more expensive

[@randynewkirkii]

The hadron collider is listed as costing about 5 billion USD. There are many semiconductor fabs that far surpass that price.

[@maelstrom254]

ITER: The total price of construction and operations is expected to be in excess of €20 billion. Next-generation LHC: CERN lays out plans for €21-billion supercollider

[@amansahani2001]

Randy Newkirk II samsung 5 nm cost 12B usd

[@tamiandjoseaguilar432]

You had better believe it.

[@flippatheshippa]

Honesty micron is so dope. I definitely would like to buy more of there stock! They are so undervalued for the quality they produce!

[@thedrunknmunky6571]

In a few days I’ll be having an interview to join the engineers at Micron! Hopefully I get the job. This video just gets me more psyched.

[@LaplacianFourier]

You got the job?

[@vasco14]

Bro did ya get the job?

[@gnrtx-36969]

Did bro fail?

[@killtroy811]

Absolutely incredible.

[@isakwilkinson2491]

Wow just wow I was completely blown away by how they make this stuff I'm a janitor at a micron facility and I had no idea. I guess I do now. That's why micron is number one in random access memory in the world and has been for many many many years I guess

[@MbaliGoge-ys5yj]

This is awesome and very educational, Thank you for sharing.

[@JayzBeerz]

Wish I could work for Micron. I find DRAM and SSD's so fascinating.

[@saskiavanhoutert3190]

This is advanced computertechnology which I like, thanks for showing and kind regards

[@jabibiszum6764]

Saskia van Houtert @and only we can make It ....we think.

[@jck-nrtn]

I live in the town where their plant is (IM Flash Technologies), and it had brought such a huge tech scene here

[@TB-jl9fr]

The real wonders of our time. That humans are able to develop such things. And that it still works..amazing.

[@obulraju6292]

Excellent video

[@durgaprasadg6854]

Awesome So much hard work behind chip mfg

[@Richie_]

Amazing process of photo lithography.

[@anasevi9456]

I like it how with each generation, whether it be Samsung, Micron or Hynix; they all have their premier time.. and their equalisation time. Usually Samsung is first, but have yet to see a generation of GDDR or DDR where Micron or Hynix did not catch up or even surpass. Micron are more impressive by merit that they often push the cutting edge despite being so small. Samsung and Hynix have other sectors to draw off for a rough year.

[@hardscorerockkssss]

most samsung ram chips are more likely to fail than micron..i worked on that industry and i know that for fact

[@arpitsri9631]

Hello ❤️❤️❤️

[@SohelRana-hi7ec]

Great quality chip.

[@Interestingworld4567]

Awesome ♡☆

[@prabhuk9313]

great video

[@Shineinpoverty]

Love the video. And love my Crucial 2tb 5000MB speed ssd.

[@GP-qb9hi]

1 month? wow, I'm impressed!

[@paulfidei4297]

Longer then that for every part type. More like 60-90days

[@Fiscotte]

4:20, perfect video

[@g38jj53qofmt]

Fiscotte oh..... dear...

[@aft3rsc916]

Son of a

[@tertkahargaun3530]

Nice!

[@ravindertalwar553]

Congratulations 👏 and all the best for your success and happiness 💗

[@LaplacianFourier]

These are the engineers who really push the world forward, not those ones in Amazon who help Amazon become a Leviathan corp. or Facebook who help make you glued to your screen and acquire depression. Thanks engineers at Micron, TI, AMD, Samsung, etc.

[@MrFujinko]

Everyone has the choice not to buy from Amazon. Everyone has the choice to uninstall Facebook. No one is innocent. Facebook is only able to spy on everyone because the "engineers that pushed the world forward" made it possible in the first place. The world is filled with this type of useful idiot. The engineer that blindly builds because of the technological challenge without a single thought about the consequences of what his doing.

[@kenansanli7703]

Hayran kaldım helal olsun

[@JT-hp1eo]

3:08 why the lady never ware an ESD smock and glove but directly handle the chips and operate the tester?

[@wisp1adjukoneadj629]

Earth strap

[@jameslansberry3574]

行者 No kidding! We ALWAYS had to pass the ESD grounding station before entering the Test Floor. Heel straps and ESD frocks were standard requirements. And I hope she wasn’t loading the parts in the empty tray category 😂😂😂

[@elmirelmir842]

Great, now I'm going to make my own memory chip. Thank you very much!

[@TheJCJexe]

I can help, I have some silicone caulk lying around somewhere. It’s more than enough silicone to make microchips.

[@elmirelmir842]

Great now the only thing left is to get some silicone from that silicone caulk

[@francisrogers9627]

Hahahaha

[@jsv4332]

How can I learn how to build one from scratch, from the coding to layout design and then finally fabricating. Can anyone suggest?

[@bhavyasharma4115]

Welcome to India 🎉

[@akimaralte]

Micron chips are one of the best. I'm using crucial ssds and rams, and they are affordable too

[@sentinelsamurai]

Yay this is my dad’s old company :3

[@SS_Nationalist]

Wow 👍👌where are you from??

[@sentinelsamurai]

Shyam S singaporeeee

[@Interloper322]

@@sentinelsamurai nice I'm from Singapore too!

[@pl4yer_w0n69]

0:54 The next time I need an operation, I want my procedure done at a Micron Fab, because it is 100 times cleaner than a hospital ! :-)

[@JayzBeerz]

I love Micron memory as I never had a problem with it. But I do prefer Samsung at this time. SK Hynix is pretty good also.

[@RifaOnGaming]

magical world

[@jameslansberry3574]

I worked in Boise Test for almost 14 years.

[@_Habit_]

Cool vid, I've worked for Infineon and now Renesas (sucks). & hopefully will be at TSMC next month!! Love this industry!

[@Crooked_Clown]

After reaching the Physics absolute limit on how small the transistors could be to properly function without electron tunneling in a chip I say: "stack two chips on top of each other to multiply it capacity".

[@smitamaheshwari1377]

The path between two circuits is 5000x times smaller than a human hair. Imagine how small could Quantum technology be!!

[@arpitsri9631]

Hello ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@florianm9693]

that is quantum technology. modern cpus have to be designed with electron tunneling in mind because the transistors are so small!

[@topten7064]

Iam being crazy after watching this video , what is happening in the world

[@aacesta]

Wow.

[@desiaclementslewis8318]

Wow nice

[@arpitsri9631]

Hello

[@locklear308]

Come on micron! Pump those puppies out!

[@teleskopile]

What kind of material is used as an encapsulation material?

[@theaveragescienceguy8652]

Mica or some hdpe plastic

[@spaghetto181]

some kind of epoxy or thermoplastics(think like hot glue probably)

[@salmaa9790]

Great

[@arpitsri9631]

H❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DeanRendar]

I wanna pry off all the old ram chip squares from obsolete ram dims and Frankenstein them together to a super quantum ram dim that spans multiple generations of ram transmit frequencies turning my pc into a tardis.

[@djackchocoa3325]

Hard.. :3 higher disciplines. Excellent D

[@thayalansukumaran6111]

I want make a machine.. i want my memories back.. if u can.. try and show to everyone.. can uh??? From Malaysia....

[@SethReviews]

imagine getting to the last step and realizing there was a hair in the chip and you need to start over

[@AjinkyaMahajan]

It is a dream job to work in Fab facility

[@matthiasrandler669]

its funny that the machines that fabricate a micro chip in large portion, have a microchip installed into them.

[@yuhong2]

It is probably worth mentioning that DRAM makers sell wafers directly too. Also worth mentioning is Spectek for lower quality DRAM chips.

[@MasterMindmars]

Muy completo

[@gusmcmanus6159]

2:48 So you're saying I'm buying used memory??

[@adoo66]

Why the name Micron when everything on the Chip is in nanometer size ?

[@unreal4967]

I have balistix sport by micron

[@ifthikhanmohamed1681]

0:22 what software used here

[@ifthikhanmohamed1681]

Used other software

[@netmatrix75]

I cannot find the important question that is bugging me. What are nand chips made of? The materials.

[@dhana7373]

Steve Appleton Was a enigma If only they acquired Hynix then Then it would a 50 50 market share by now

[@user-hk3vu4mh4q]

👍

[@maximsmits6372]

That's a loooooot of brainpower

[@SaintNjuguna]

Who designed the factory? he must be a genius, especially those pencil like chip writers

[@lorenzovinco4665]

Well I think maaaaany engineers worked hard to project all of those machines, not just one genius person

[@Archpope]

I find it mind-boggling that it's cheaper to take the completed wafers, carefully ship them to China for assembly, then ship them back to America.

[@doomleika]

Most wafer manufacturing are located in SEA anyway...

[@niter43]

>to take the completed wafers If you're saying about 3:35 to 3:45 segment, then It's not wafers anymore, but a finished product (memory chip) that doesn't require any specific handling.

[@diplodocus3]

electronic ASMR

[@dogdooish]

Incredible, all that automation, and they use antistatic bagging by hand! Is this believable?

[@joeyng1282]

Is fab sterile?

[@carloscruzgomes2307]

Boa

[@atchikesava4198]

sir please establish micron chips factory in india karnataka state,telangana state,india huge demand of eletronic goods it sector like lcd tv,computers periperals

[@tallakbertin]

4:20

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[@user-ft6cj5vk6l]

Я так думаю это не тот Микрон, что в Зеленограде, ахах

[@atchikesava4198]

sir please establish micron chip factory in india karnataka state,telangana state,india huge demand of eletronic goods it sector like lcd tv,computers periperals

[@leckee3197]

Memory card Kaisa Hota Hai

[@mahapatihgaming689]

oh ukhty

[@s.venkateswarpatnaik2484]

My Request to MICRON company to give Employment opportunities to my State Odisha people in your country

[@walterlopez8997]

es como hacer tortillas

[@sukabuka3693]

Robots make a chip, and who make a robot chips?

[@horseandcart5978]

Does anyone out there actually understand all this? By the way, I met this guy one time who drew a picture of a bunny rabbit with great big ears on it.

[@dougaltolan3017]

Your fab might well be cleaner than a hospital operating room. But then, your fab dosent have dying people that are cut open, in it.

[@gorevideos5256]

It takes more than month to make a Memory chip Me: What the Fuck!

[@tomroose7733]

Lucifer Kipgen mainly due to the lengthy diffusion steps some times you might put a batch of wafers in an oxide furnace for 72 hours depending on the layer

[@CRS_LEE-MING-TZUNG]

Not got watch where kitchen...

[@JoshuaTDillard]

Do I have a soul Mate, 2nd pixel - govemt

[@peppigue]

The music is too loud relative to the narrator

[@chuanyi4632]

wocao

[@tuongluongthanh2030]

w o w

[@bakaxiaoxie]

CCAV原來是從這裡盜的視頻XD

[@khan_naseer]

Can u hire me iam extremely passionate about vlsi design. Thanku

[@joshuavincent7884]

Ok, ur hired. U start tmrw

[@khan_naseer]

@@joshuavincent7884 thanku should i pay u or will u pay me

[@NickyNightShine]

2:02 nice yields... no wonder memory is cheap