I’ve been wondering this for years. Like, I look at a motherboard and think, okay, this motherboard connects all pieces together. But HOW?! Watching a video of machines solder small bits of metal onto a board doesn’t help me understand it.
How does each individual piece get made first? It all just looks like metal to me. If you were to make a motherboard from scratch, what would the process be?
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Any circuit board is just a giant piece of fiberglass and copper, including a motherboard. It only consists of electrical connections that link together all the components of a circuit including various chips and plugs. Manufacturing the circuit board itself and putting all the chips on the board are two totally separate processes that are highly specialized, so the two parts generally happen in different factories. Solder serves as the “glue” that connects chips and other components to the circuit board. Solder is metal that is easier to melt than things like iron, copper, or gold so it conducts electricity and won’t melt under normal operating temperatures of an electronic device so it’s perfect to hold components to the circuit board.
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