Wired hat Applied Materials besucht, einen der weltweit größten Hersteller von Anlagen zur Halbleiter-Produktion, und sich dort einen Reinraum angeschaut. Im Gadget Lab gibts ein paar Fotos davon:
"Its 39,000 square feet of ultraclean workspace ... divided into three huge "ballrooms," each of which is crammed full of Applied's multimillion-dollar machines, alongside pipes, tubes, spare parts, tanks of caustic chemicals, Craftsman tool chests and huge racks of silicon wafers. To get inside, you must suit up in a bunny suit, with a face mask and goggles, two pairs of gloves, and shoe-covering footies. We couldn't even take a reporter's notebook inside: Instead, Applied's staff gave us a shrink-wrapped, specially sanitized clean-room notebook and clean-room pen to use. It's not a manufacturing facility. Instead, this clean room simulates the fabs where Applied's machines will be used, enabling the company (and its customers) to test out new techniques and processes before putting them on the production line ..." A Chip Is Born: Inside a State-of-the-Art Clean Room
