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Older processes available for cheap are not a new thing. They do indeed stay around until TSMC decide they're no longer worth running. It's not always cheaper a
by TorKlingberg 6y ago
Older processes available for cheap are not a new thing. They do indeed stay around until TSMC decide they're no longer worth running. It's not always cheaper as a larger process wastes more wafer.
- geerlingguy 6y agoI believe Eben Upton mentioned in a Twitter thread somewhere that they were getting thousands of chips off each wafer at the current node size? Only had to order like 20 or 40 wafers for the first production run, something like that.