What, you wanted to see the internals?

Don't worry, we'll get there. But first, here's the science behind the magic.

It's not science without a laboratory. And Chipworks has just that.

We've got total ion blaster envy for Chipwork's Ion Beam Etcher, or IBE.

Our friend IBE takes layers off a semiconducter by blasting it with atoms in an ion beam. Power. Precision. Prettydangawesome.