You have a dream that you melt sand into silicon, somehow form a plate and put some coating on it, and UV light and some electronically controlled filter to burn on the circuit structures, magically build the transistors and connect them out of nowhere, Cut out the microprocessor, shove it on the housing of a CPU, put on the cover and put it in your computer and see that it actually works.
From Sand to Silicon: the Making of a ChipFrom sand to chip - How a CPU is made
