Semiconductors Illustrated

From a grain of sand to the chip in your pocket.

Semiconductors power your phone, your car, the cloud and the AI boom, yet few of us can picture how they actually work. Semiconductors Illustrated puts a picture on every idea, taking you step by step from the first transistor to the factories, companies and countries that keep the world's chips flowing.

No engineering degree needed. Every concept is explained in plain language and shown in colorful, easy-to-follow illustrations, so you can see how it works instead of just reading about it.

Inside you'll discover:

Perfect for curious readers, students, tech professionals, investors and anyone who wants to understand the technology behind modern life and the industry everyone is talking about.

Whether you want to finally understand what a transistor does, why a single factory can cost billions, or why chips have become a matter of global strategy, this visual guide gives you the big picture and the details that make it click.

Grab your copy and see how the chip in your pocket really comes to life.

• How chips work: silicon, doping, transistors and logic
• How they're made: chip design, wafers, EUV lithography and packaging
• The chip families: CPUs, GPUs, memory and AI chips
• The industry: value chains, fab costs and geopolitics
• The frontier: chiplets, new materials and what's next