Background: I worked as an intern in photolithography at AMD in Austin, TX for most of 2001, and was in their FAB25 almost every day during that period. I was also one of the persons tapped to give FAB
The yellow light comes from the aggressive filtering of blue (and UV) light in the photolithography processing area. This is to prevent premature development of the wafer's photoresist during transport of wafers between processing tools.
The photo in the article is actually of a subfloor region, the equipment used to make the chips is above, you can even see the edge of the perforated floor grating at the top of the photo. Semiconductor manufacturers are VERY private about the vendors (and model numbers) of their chip making tools.
AMD/Spansion's Fab 25 in Austin actually has two complete subfloors for the main fab area. One was "clean" the other "dirty."
Working in a fab "bunny suit" is actually quite comfortable. The fab temperature is pleasant, and the air quality is amazing (if a bit dry), I highly recommend it if you have any sort of allergies! You've never felt your lungs so clear...
About the only thing that ever sucked was sneezing in your hood and having to leave to change it.
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Background: I worked as an intern in photolithography at AMD in Austin, TX for most of 2001, and was in their FAB25 almost every day during that period. I was also one of the persons tapped to give FAB
The yellow light comes from the aggressive filtering of blue (and UV) light in the photolithography processing area. This is to prevent premature development of the wafer's photoresist during transport of wafers between processing tools.
The photo in the article is actually of a subfloor region, the equipment used to make the chips is above, you can even see the edge of the perforated floor grating at the top of the photo.
Semiconductor manufacturers are VERY private about the vendors (and model numbers) of their chip making tools.
AMD/Spansion's Fab 25 in Austin actually has two complete subfloors for the main fab area. One was "clean" the other "dirty."
Working in a fab "bunny suit" is actually quite comfortable. The fab temperature is pleasant, and the air quality is amazing (if a bit dry), I highly recommend it if you have any sort of allergies! You've never felt your lungs so clear...
About the only thing that ever sucked was sneezing in your hood and having to leave to change it.