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Comment Re:Starting from scratch (Score 1) 179

by DMOS (#10742008) Attached to: The CPU: From Conception to Birth
It's pulled from the melt more or less in a long cylinder. As said in the article, the first seed is put into the melt to create the orientation of the crystal, then slowly turned and pulled upwards. The eventual ingot is then ground into a perfect cylinder.

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