Learn how chips are made with this Rollercoaster Tycoon-inspired animation

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An animated, Rollercoaster Tycoon-inspired interactive visualization explains the chip manufacturing process by following a wafer through each stage of production.

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# How a Computer Chip Is Made Source: [https://laurentiugabriel.github.io/ChipTycoon/](https://laurentiugabriel.github.io/ChipTycoon/) ### The whole routeclick any stop to ride there ### What you are watching The yellow cart carries one wafer\. Its cargo changes at every stop: sand, then rough silicon, then a silver crystal, then a mirror\-flat disc, and finally a tray of chips\. The middle of the park is a ring, because printing a chip means driving the same six buildings about sixty times, once per layer\.

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