How are computer processors made?

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How are computer processors made? Thanks in advance!

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They are made by laying down layers of various chemicals in a pattern described initially by light and now by electrons. All the connecting ‘wires’ and transistors in the billions are laid out in this fashion. There are lots of other small parts in a chip too. Edit: the 1st type, photolithography is way more common than electron beam lithography.

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