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A comment on ‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rates for N5. Parent comment

Re:‘Better Yield on 5nm Than 7nm’: TSMC Update on Defect Rat... by 55873445216111 on Tuesday August 25, 2020 @11:01AM (#24272009)
It sounds like you are conflating "Defect Density" and "Yield". These are not the same. Yield is a function of Defect Density. The function is exponential. Even the appearingly "slight" improvement shown in the Defect Density shown in graph is significant in terms of Yield.
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