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Did you actually read the article you linked? 10k per wafer is the cost in-production, at scale. The tapeout process for a 7nm chip is 10s of millions of dollar
by vineyardlabs 3y ago
Did you actually read the article you linked? 10k per wafer is the cost in-production, at scale. The tapeout process for a 7nm chip is 10s of millions of dollars before you even get to paying per wafer.
- ahmetak 3y agohttps://www.linkedin.com/pulse/talk-chip-design-tape-out-verification-manufacturing/ https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/talk-chip-design-tape-out-ver... https://www.reddit.com/r/ECE/comments/7hjlpg/for_anyone_curious_heres_some_pricing_for_a/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ECE/comments/7hjlpg/for_anyone_curi... You are right for production, I was meaning for verification. MPW is around about 20-30k for 7nm. In full production even with tapeout cost which is $15M for 7nm chipset cost $1500 per die after sell 10k. Best price for A100 is around $6k in monopoly now. Even before production, after interpreting images, AI can also collect IP cores and produce new ones in the next steps.