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Indeed, a fully-open fab is needed. It seems crazy that access to silicon fabrication is limited to a very small number of wealthy businesses.
by someguydave 8y ago
Indeed, a fully-open fab is needed. It seems crazy that access to silicon fabrication is limited to a very small number of wealthy businesses.
- londons_explore 8y ago>. silicon fabrication is limited to a very small number of wealthy businesses. Doesn't seem so crazy when you realise a fab can cost upwards of $1B
- mud_dauber 8y agoI came here for exactly this question. An analog-centric fab with 8” wafer technology, perhaps $1B for a greenfield setup. A state of the art 12” wafer logic factory? Think $5B. Not sure about DRAM fabs but probably comparable.
- someguydave 8y agosure, but why isn't there a market for older process technologies that presumably would be cheaper to run?