The Extreme Physics Pushing Moore’s Law to the Next Level

A look inside a new precision machine that wants to reinvent the chip making industry.

An integrated circuit, or chip, is one of the biggest innovations of the 20th century. The microchip launched a technological revolution, created Silicon Valley, and everyone’s got one in their pocket (read: smartphones).

When you zoom in on one of these chips, you find a highly complex, nanoscale-sized city that’s expertly designed to send information back and forth.

And chip manufacturers continue to shrink the size of microchips, hitting smaller and smaller milestones while also increasing the number of features a chip has. The result is an improved overall processing power.

This is what’s been driving the semiconductor industry—a drumbeat called Moore’s Law.

Moore's Law is the golden rule in computing: The number of transistors on a microchip can be expected to double every two years, while the cost of computers is cut in half. This basically means we'll have more speed, at less cost, over time. And so, we've been shrinking transistors (the tiny electric switches that process data for everything from clocks to AI algorithms) down to really, really tiny nanoscales.

And though we've hit a physical limit on how small these transistors can get, Intel (and a couple other competitors, like Samsung and TSMC) are betting big on something new: EUV Lithography.

Find out more about this next generation of chip technology that is taking Moore’s Law to a new level on this episode of Focal Point.

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[samlee]

Physicists and engineers are absolutely amazing people.

[professordanfurmanek]

Retired professor of physics and astronomy here, Seeker is a global gift!! The most current and outstanding series of our day and age!! A heartfelt thank you for your unprecedented work!!

[feminico]

"It's about the size of a school bus"

50 years later: godammit I forgot to charge my pocket sized microchip printer again, silly me.

[elijahmugrage]

Ok, I wanna know who did the 3D modeling for this video. There’s a LOT of really detailed intense shots over the course of this video. Someone in their CG department is off the yak

[alihouadef]

As a microelectronics engineer, this is the best video available online that explains the process for the general public

[Ivan_Ooze]

Sometimes I forget we’re in the future

[EddieLF]

This is actually insane. These people are so talented and genius.

[Bnio]

I remember watching a How It's Made about darts a while back and being mind blown by the steps involved. Imagine how I felt watching this.

[Pupkiwi]

These are the people we need to be celebrating, not celebrities

[shadowcowmooo]

Redstoners have some ground to cover here

[TheNitrean]

I started at ASML two weeks ago as a stage motion resonance engineer . I can say, Holy shit this stuff is complicated.

[mahbuburrahmansiam]

When i saw how they were using a matrix like laser tech just so we can open apps a bit faster I suddenly got a deep appriciation for science and the that people work on creating such miraculous machines.

[navid]

What I learned from this video:

*I'm dumb as hell*

[S_A_M_]

All of the stupid people in our world almost make me forget about all of the geniuses in our world.

[Yuli_Ban]

Remember when the height of advanced, cutting edge technology was grinding two rocks together to make a pointier rock? I remember. Good times.

[NarekAvetisyan]

These scientists and engineers are the unsung heroes of our times! Mega respect to you guys, thanks for pushing humanity forward.
And great job with this documentary!

[VikashSingh]

"The number of people predicting the death of Moore’s law doubles every two years." -Peter Lee

[LanceMcCarthy]

I love this new style of short documentary. Good stuff!

[paddym]

Always finish these videos feeling humbled; as I’m reminded that I’m not half as clever as I think I am!

[RangerOfTheOrder]

This is my field of study in college; Micro-electromechanical manufacturing. I absolutely loved the trick with the water