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Paying for the masks is the big upfront cost - into the $5 to $10s of millions depending on the process node.
by csboyer 6y ago
Paying for the masks is the big upfront cost - into the $5 to $10s of millions depending on the process node.
- lizknope 6y agoSomeone told me around $30 million for a 14 layer chip in TSMC 5nm but I couldn't get real confirmation.
- csboyer 6y agoNo one who really knows can say due to NDAs. We just know rough order of magnitude price. I can see $30 million for 5nm. With material costs approaching $20 to $30 a chip for mobile SoCs, you need quite a high sales price and volume for the economics to work.
- baybal2 6y ago14 layers is a suspiciously small number for 5nm. It will be a big surprise if multiple patterning elimination can reduce the layer count so dramatically.
- KSS42 6y ago14 metal layers.