Woman inspecting an integrated circuit design

Credit: ALAN CARRUTHERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Caption: Circuit inspection. Woman inspecting an integrated circuit design by holding a transparency up against a glass screen. Integrated circuits are made by impregnating silicon wafers with impurities to create transistors. Tens of thousands of transistors can be fitted on a single chip and connected by conducting pathways.

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