inspecting

6 responses to “inspecting”

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   Drew__

   Oct 15, 2005 at 4:43 am

   So what are they making??

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   jurvetson

   Oct 15, 2005 at 5:02 am

   Palin: I can’t disclose the details. Generally, they are optical integrated circuits for fiber optic networks. These tend to be quite valuable.

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   Michael Costolo

   Oct 16, 2005 at 11:33 am

   I’m curious, why is she holding the wafer in her hands? And what can she inspect with the unaided eye? This looks very strange to me.

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   jurvetson

   Oct 16, 2005 at 5:52 pm

   She is inspecting the edge for cracks or imperfections from the wafer saw. These "chips" are larger than typical electronics ICs and edge integrity is important.

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   eFiberTools

   Aug 18, 2008 at 9:37 pm

   Cool picture. Those are large wafers.

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   One With U

   Aug 24, 2012 at 10:27 pm

   Your image has been featured as a photo of the day on http://www.onewithu.com/388/cleanroom-magic/ under its Creative Commons license! Thank you and keep shooting! 🙂

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