Transistors are the basic component of a chip; this magnified photo shows 30 of the Pentium's 3.1 million transistors. Parts of the silicon (gray) are doped with impurities, changing its properties. Doped silicon is pinkish. Thin lines of polysilicon make transistors when they cross doped silicon.
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