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Re:TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for ... by eightysixfour on Saturday June 22, 2024 @11:41AM (#40759838)
It isn’t a question of cutting at an angle, it is a question of cutting in a specific direction all the way across the water. Hexagons demand that you change directions multiple times while cutting at chip level precision across a wafer you are trying to hold in place with the same amount of accuracy.
Re:TSMC experimenting with rectangular wafers vs. round for ... by londons_explore on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:29PM (#40761926)
The cutting accuracy can be really low compared to everything else - 100um accuracy is fine, and even a hobby level CNC machine can do that.