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Yes, stepper machines do cost hundreds of millions but then one realizes they handle more than a hundred wafers per hour. At the end the machines do seem cheap.
by bismuthcrystal 4y ago
Yes, stepper machines do cost hundreds of millions but then one realizes they handle more than a hundred wafers per hour. At the end the machines do seem cheap.
- philliphaydon 4y agoDown side is the cost of entry if you want to be your own fab is too much. Do not feasible for a start up.
- rr3932 4y agoA startup has many options to get chips made. But if the startup was itself a fab then it needs to think outside the box. For example smaller wafers yield less ICs, so more $/IC. But, you also don’t need a $100M stepper, which helps.