Or is it just photoshop?
so beautiful
It's effect of polarization ir occurs do to surface of chip (second pic)...
But - In first picture it is do to way of taking picture of the chip as they use low length waves (X Ray/Gama) to capture image and then convert it to visible light spectrum thus random parts are marked by specific colors do to their physical properties.
Wouldn't X-rays or gamma rays screw up the CPUs?
Not really it is mono-crystalline metalloid but fast neutrons would cause embrittlement.
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Aren't CPUs made from Silicon?
yes, silicon is a metal
Still crystalline which is what matters, Gama will cause photoelectric effect, pair production and Compton scattering which will effect covalent bonds. IE: mixed element chemicals. But silicon is pretty uniform so not as big of and issue.
Neutrons will break the crystal lattice structure and will weaken it.
Who said you need to use ship after taking a shot with some rays?
I'll edit it to mono-crystalline, I'm sorry my nuclear physics isn't up to snuff when drinking.
It could hurt the chip if it was subject to a high electron-volt Gama flux for like a year could break a little of the crystal bonds. In organic matter it can change the the electron shell of elements causing improper chemical reactions that could result in cancer.
Don't they use elements like phosphorous to make transistors? Wouldn't mixing the elements it ruin the transistors?
I am more of a nuclear guy not a chip maker, but you refer to phosphorous doping which is a alloy (a mixtrure not a chemical ).
I was referring to the "mixed element chemicals" you mentioned. But when I think about it, atoms don't just "mix" when exposed to gamma or X-rays.
Btw, are you a chemist?
I meant chemicals in the way they share electrons between the various elements if you mess with those electron bonds strange things can happen. By mixture I mean physically mixed not chemically.
I am chem-tech and I used to work at nuclear reactor for 6 years which metallurgy plays a huge part of.
Also Gama radiation could break the bond between oxygen and hydrogen. The hydrogen is explosive and the oxygen is corrosive.
I'll remember not to stand in close proximity to gamma ray sources in the future.
How do you get a job at a nuclear power plant? What majors do you take? Specifically for the thorium reactors they're building in Norway? Do they need chemical engineers there? What about physical chemists?
EDIT: Sorry about all these questions, but I'm really curious about nuclear energy.
Create a new thread we kind of got off topic here.