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0:10[unclear opening audio]

0:31Wow, circuits have so many different parts and connections.

0:36Resistors and capacitors have two connections.

0:43Transistors have three connections.

0:49But ICs, well, ICs can have lots of connections.

0:56So, why are you so different IC?

1:00Perhaps I could answer that question.

1:03Hey, you're an IC.

1:06Indeed.

1:07My name is Hans and I'm an integrated circuit.

1:11Well, pleasure to meet you.

1:13I've never met an integrated circuit before.

1:16Is that what IC stands for?

1:18Oh, ja.

1:18Ah! Integrated circuits, like me, contain a whole circuit inside of our handsome

1:24exterior.

1:25And that's why we have so many connections.

1:28Wait a minute. You have a whole circuit inside of you?

1:32Oh, yeah! It's true. If you built my circuit yourself, it would look like this.

1:41Whoa! That's pretty big!

1:43Yeah! If it wasn't for ICs, our electronics would be huge!

1:49People wouldn't be able to fit their phones in their pockets!

1:52Yikes!

1:53So, what we do is shrink the circuit down to a much smaller size.

2:01Amazing!

2:02Now that the circuit is completely put together, or integrated, into

2:08a tiny little package.

2:09So there's a little circuit board inside every IC?

2:14There is, but because we make it so small, it looks a bit different and it's much

2:20flatter.

2:30Wow! How could you make such a tiny circuit?

2:34We have robots, just like you, who can make a whole bunch of them at once.

2:40A bit like a sheet of cookies.

2:42Cookies? Sounds good to me.

2:49This batch here contains hundreds of tiny ICs.

2:53All we need to do is cut them apart and put each one in its own protective package.

3:05So you see, there's a lot going on inside of an integrated circuit.

3:11Why, yes Hans, I see.

3:15Get it?

3:17I see?

3:19Oh ho ho, yeah!

3:21A joke!

3:22[laughter]

3:27Sorry.

3:42We'll see you next time.