1366 A Very Clean Process
Hahahahhaha~
It's time! It's time! It's time!
Landon was almost flying after receiving Tim's call.
Well, you know what this means.
Vrrrm~
Catchack!
Landon stormed out of his vehicle, leaving towards the newly emerged manufacturing site dedicated to all computer makers.
The estate was still small, but the buildings were tall and enormous!
Landon looked at the towering manufacturing building before him, rubbing his hands excitedly.
The entire place was super busy with people acting like ants, going about their various jobs.
And as expected, the moment he arrived, it didn't take long for Tim to burst out through one of the doors like a mad scientist.
"Eureka! You're majesty, we've done it now... Hahahahah~...."
Landon chuckled, allowing Tim to drag him about the place.
"Your majesty, your majesty, that happened to your legs? This way! This way!"
The overly excited man had forgotten Landon's identity, though he kept saying 'your majesty.'
But who can blame him?
The internet... Computers!
Words alone couldn't describe everyone's excitement.
And Landon more than anyone else understood why the entire manufacturing industry was going crazy with overly stretched smiles on their faces.
But, no matter how thrilled he was, Landon was, per protocol... He had to suit up.
~Zip.
Tim had an impatient and aggrieved expression on his face every time he entered and reentered the private locker room.
"Your majesty, don't worry... Take your time."
3 seconds later.
"Your majesty, are you finally done?"
5 seconds later.
"Your majesty, do you lack anything else?"
7 seconds later.
"Your majesty..."
"Your majesty..."
(-_-)
Landon didn't know whether to laugh or to cry.
Hello, can you give me some time here?
Tch!
Shaking his head left to right, Landon gave up and resigned to his fate.
With not just Tim but the various supervisors looking at Landon as though he had bullied them, he had no choice but to speed up.
And when he finally stepped out of the locker room, their saddened expressions turned into sunny ones in a blink of an eye.
"_"
What sort of fast changing-attitude was this?
"Hahahahhaha~..." Tim started laughing and skipping like a youngster in a field of daisies. "Your majesty, I will personally walk you through the inspection!"
Landon secretly rolled his eyes.
'With all the drama you've caused, who else but you will do it?'
Soon, they met up with several others who would also be attending this meeting.
Do you know what computers would mean for the future?
Better communications and other benefits that involved various ministries and departments.
This was a big matter involving the entire nation. So how can it be hidden?
Skip. Skip.
Lalalalala~
Tim was immersed in his one wonderful world, speaking on the matter at hand.
And like so, the inspection began.
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Strangely, the first place they started from was a room right at the very top of the towering building.
"Your majesty, esteemed ministers... The world of computers is very vast. And in the beginning, is the circuit diagram!" Tim said while passing through the hallways with floor-to-ceiling glass walls looking into the Circuit diagram design centers.
And in there, one could see experts designing and going over the current circuit diagram projected out.
Oh?
Minister Dinga looked at the massive image projected out, not liking what she saw.
It honestly looked more complex than several train maps stuck together.
Some lines crossed over the other, while other lines ran straight.
Lying through. What sort of brains did these people have to sit there and understand this diagram?
Though the circuits did have different coloured variations, it was still too tightly made and very disturbing to someone who likes things evenly spaced and neat.
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"Overseer Tim, forgive me for being ignorant. But what exactly is this circuit board, and how important is it to computer making?"
Tim beamed the moment he got a question.
And Landon could only shake his head wryly. They've done it now.
Teacher Tim (one of Tim's personas) is now online!
"Excellent question, minister. The diagram you're seeing is nothing more than a sophisticated yet integrated circuit system that is the main foundation of a computer itself.
As for how important it is, it's akin to a city plan or something of that nature." Tim said, slowly looking at the crowd from left to right and back.
"Ministers, please don't take this part lightly... It is an essential part that no computer can do without!"
Everyone listened like obedient students, nodding deeply.
Though they hated how disturbing the and clumped up the design was, since everything there was necessary, then just let it go for now.
But in the future, these people have to find a way to improve this so-called circuit board because their eyes couldn't take it anymore.
Heavens!
How can these people follow and see what was what, when looking at such a monstrous foundational plan?
Landon chuckled, seeing everyone scrunch their faces because of the board's aesthetics.
Heh.
This much was nothing to computer system designers.
Back on earth, he had seen even more complex circuit boards get designed.
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Like so, Tim continued his inspectional tour.
"Everyone has seen the board design. It's a delicate yet complex system involving many integrated circuits/microchips. And to manufacture these microchips, we start with the collection of quartz sand!"
Now, everyone was staring through another floor-to-ceiling glass wall at a high point, staring down below at the vast white room that was whiter and cleaner than a medical room.
Everyone in there wore full white gear from head to toe, like doctors in an operating room.
Honestly, that was putting it mildly.
They looked like some secret government liar with everyone fully covered to avoid infection from alien contact.
But in this case, they only did this because of how delicate this particular manufacturing step was.
Very quickly, they processed the quart sand to produce the microchip substrate, called silicon wafers.
And during the process, a high monocrystal is drawn from the purified silicon melt. And later on, the transistors will be fitted into it.
However, any impurities in the crystal will pose a threat to it all... Especially dust.
That's why these dust-free zones were kept in this manner.
And the result was that the wafers would get manufactured in an environment that is more than one hundred times cleaner than an operating theater.
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Oh~~
Everyone stared at the many scenes with open mouths.
Damn!
All this for computer manufacturing?
Hmph!
It better be worth it, or else some budgets would have to get cut!
