Re:Intel Solidifies $3.5B Deal to Make Chips for Military
by realityking on Saturday September 14, 2024 @02:29AM
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Interesting. But why store the somewhat unwieldy wafer instead the packaged chip? I’d imagine that doesn’t add much cost but makes storage significantly simpler.
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Re:Intel Solidifies $3.5B Deal to Make Chips for Military
by adrian_b on Saturday September 14, 2024 @09:29AM
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Storing the wafers avoids paying the costs for packaging and testing in the case the chips will not be needed.
Moreover, the packaged chips typically require a much larger volume for their storage than the wafers. A wafer may contain many thousands of chips.
The wafers are normally stored in dry nitrogen, to avoid their chemical degradation during long term storage.