Re:Single-chip processors have reached their limits
by ip26 on Monday April 04, 2022 @03:44PM
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The other one big obstacle is chips are square while wafers are round.
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Re:Single-chip processors have reached their limits
by paulmd on Monday April 04, 2022 @06:16PM
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it depends on the exact shape of your mask of course, but typically losses around the edges are in the 2-3% range.
It's not really possible to fix this either since wafers need to be round for various manufacturing processes (spinning the wafer for coating or washing stages) and round obviously isn't a dense packing of the mask itself. It just kinda is how it is, square mask and round wafer means you lose a bit off the edges, fact of life.