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Re:Intel: Meltdown, Spectre silicon fixes coming 2018; 3D XP... by ohazi on Saturday January 27, 2018 @11:44AM (#16246845)
Simulating and testing the design. You generally don't want to spend millions of dollars on a semiconductor mask set unless you're sure the design will work correctly.

This part usually takes longer than the actual logic design and transistor layout phases.

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Re:Intel: Meltdown, Spectre silicon fixes coming 2018; 3D XP... by robin_reala on Saturday January 27, 2018 @12:33PM (#16247039)
> You generally don't want to spend millions of dollars on a semiconductor mask set unless you're sure the design will work correctly.

For varying levels of sure, given recent history.

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