Ever wondered how they make microchips? For those of you out there who just love to know how stuff like this is made, here's a fairly interesting little film from Applied Materials on how the process is done.
Fair warning: This is very geeky...
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On a related note, check out the following:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/10/aimulet_la_awar.php
...which takes a completely different approach to fabricating "microchips". Here are Ball Semiconductor and Kyosemi's descriptions of how they manufacture spherical devices:
http://www.ballsemi.com/tech/process.html
http://www.kyosemi.co.jp/product/pro_ene_sun_e3.html