~650MTr per $ at super low power level, not bad. TSMC's N5 process density is ~171MTr/mm2 and the area of a 300mm wafer is 70,685mm2. Shave off maybe 5,000mm2

~650MTr per $ at super low power level, not bad. TSMC's N5 process density is ~171MTr/mm2 and the area of a 300mm wafer is 70,685mm2. Shave off maybe 5,000mm2 for edges and you're at 65,000*171,000,000 = 11 trillion transistors for $17k, or about 650 million transistors per dollar. Apple's A14 11.8BTr so minimum ~$18.20 at this price. Of course there's defect rate to consider.