I know that bugs in silicon are 100x more expensive to fix. Sometimes if you find a show-stopper bug on your chip after you have "taped-out" (sent the design t

I know that bugs in silicon are 100x more expensive to fix. Sometimes if you find a show-stopper bug on your chip after you have "taped-out" (sent the design to the fab' on magnetic tape storage), then you just go bankrupt or the team is fired because you can't pay the ~$10 million for a new silicon manufacturing mask set.