Silicon crystal ingot growing

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Photographer
Ginter, Peter
Credit Line
Purchase of the Computer History Museum
Copyright Owner
© Peter Ginter/Science Faction/Corbis
Object ID
500004703

Silicon ingots are grown from a single seed crystal dipped into molten (1410°C ) silicon and slowly withdrawn. The ingot is then sliced into wafers on which the IC are made.