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How many steps does a smartphone chip go through during production?

Over 1,000

Background

A modern smartphone chip goes through more than 1,000 separate production steps in the factory. The whole process takes about three months from silicon wafer to finished part. Machines work with nanometer precision. A single speck of dust can destroy an entire chip.

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