[EurogamerDF] Orbis Unmasked: what to expect from the next-gen PlayStation

[thismeintiel]

Lafiel said:

thismeintiel said:

Any idea why they make them this way?  It would seem to me it would be beneficial to make them in a square or rectangle, so you don't have only partial ones on the ends.

that's because the 99.9999% pure silicon is manufactured like this:

and to get a wafer they simply slice off a thin layer of that

Cool, thanks.  That's pretty wild looking.