When these silicon areas containing sophisticated circuits are carefully cut, after rigorous testing and careful packaging, they will be transformed into an indispensable form of chips in our daily lives – CPU, GPU, memory chips, etc., to become the source of wisdom and memory hall of electronic devices.
what is a wafer in electronics
As for the cost of silicon, it is a multi-dimensional consideration. From the size specification to the purity level, from the precision of surface treatment to the complexity of the manufacturing process, and then to the strict testing process, every detail has a profound impact on its price positioning.
Roughly estimated, a 200 to 300 mm wafer, its price may shuttle between the low point of tens of dollars, to customized for ASIC or serve in space, defense and other high-precision areas of tens of thousands of dollars between the peak, showing a huge difference and broad market space.
In summary, the silicon chip, as the starting point of the chip journey and the cornerstone of its metamorphosis to the chip, is not only a material form of transformation, but also the depth and breadth of semiconductor science and technology is the ultimate show, cohesion of human wisdom and innovation crystallization.
