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TI isn't patterning $10000 wafers at 3nm with massive chiplets and questionable yield, they are making mostly commodity ICs on cheaper processes - they can affo
by 15155 1y ago
TI isn't patterning $10000 wafers at 3nm with massive chiplets and questionable yield, they are making mostly commodity ICs on cheaper processes - they can afford to discard rejects.
- Lerc 1y agoI think the implied question is do they discard, or do they destroy. Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not stay in the Anduin forever.
- LeifCarrotson 1y ago> "Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not to stay in the Anduin forever." I'll have to put that on a warning label near our non-conforming-product containment shelf!
- pinkmuffinere 1y agoLol I love the deep cut to LOTR! Took me a sec but then brought me so much joy. Viva la nerds!
- mikewarot 1y agoNot only that, leakage goes way up as you shrink the transistors, an ADC on a 3nm wafer would require a complete redesign, if it could be made to work at all.