Illustration - Economy

FRANCE. ESSONNE (91) GRIGNY.AMD SHIFT MANAGER (LEFT) AND WAFER FAB TECHNICIAN (RIGHT) PRESENTING 300 MM WAFERS IN 90 NM PROCESS TECHNOLOGY WITH HUNDREDS OF AMD MICROPROCESSORS. THE DIFFERENT COLOURS REFLECT DIFFERENT PROCESS STAGES WITHIN THE HIGHLY COMPLEX MANUFACTURING PROCESS WITH SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PROCESS STEPS. IN REALITY, WAFERS NEVER WILL BE EXPOSED TO CLEANROOM AIR FOR CONTAMINATION FREE MANUFACTURING REASONS. WAFERS ARE HANDLED IN VACUUM CASSETTES AND A SOPHISTICATED CLEANROOM LOGISTICS CONCEPTS CALLED AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEM. Photo by Christophe Lepetit/Only France/ABACAPRESS.COM