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Lesson 3: The Best Things Come in Small Packages
Activity 3: Microscopic Dust
Microscopic Dust
A lot of dust is so small we cannot even see it. But with a microscope, you can. Use the different magnification powers of this virtual microscope to see how big a microscopic speck of dust can be compared to circuits in a microprocessor. Since a single speck of dust can ruin a microprocessor, you can see how important it is to manufacture microprocessors in virtually dust-free facilities.
To protect chips from dust during the manufacturing process, they are made in clean rooms. Clean rooms are 10,000 times cleaner than a hospital operating room.
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