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There have been different processes available at each node for a long time: special DRAM processes (as already noted here), low power, high performance (and the

There have been different processes available at each node for a long time: special DRAM processes (as already noted here), low power, high performance (and then within those there's obviously still SVT, LVT, ULVT etc cells). What's special about the offering from GlobalFoundries vs TSMC vs whoever ?

baybal2 9y ago
>What's special about the offering from GlobalFoundries vs TSMC vs whoever ? Price TSMC is selling its capacity at a noticeable premium as the whole "contract fab" business has been evolving around TSMC for a very long time. All other contract fabs used to offer service with few generations older equipment up until the "nanometre race" began to slow down. As TSMC can't pull out a new process, they have to find out something new to retain clients. This is why they race to offer all juicy freebies like advanced packaging and so on. There is not much complicated things here to explain