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Re:TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearl... by nimish on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:04PM (#24511450)
Area, intrinsic process cost, and also TSMC is a monopoly at the leading-edge node. They can charge what they wish.
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Re:TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearl... by dogma1138 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:12PM (#24511504)
Isn’t it normalized to a 610nm die on all processes?
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Re:TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearl... by nimish on Thursday September 17, 2020 @09:29PM (#24512003)
That only explains costs not prices
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