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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by 15155 on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @02:23PM (#45583138)
TI isn't patterning $10000 wafers at 3nm with massive chiplets and questionable yield, they are making mostly commodity ICs on cheaper processes - they can afford to discard rejects.
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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by Lerc on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @02:40PM (#45583332)
I think the implied question is do they discard, or do they destroy.

Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not stay in the Anduin forever.

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by pinkmuffinere on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @03:39PM (#45583886)
Lol I love the deep cut to LOTR! Took me a sec but then brought me so much joy. Viva la nerds!
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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by LeifCarrotson on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @03:12PM (#45583624)
> "Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not to stay in the Anduin forever."

I'll have to put that on a warning label near our non-conforming-product containment shelf!

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Re:How bad can a $2.97 ADC be? by mikewarot on Tuesday October 14, 2025 @08:27PM (#45586642)
Not only that, leakage goes way up as you shrink the transistors, an ADC on a 3nm wafer would require a complete redesign, if it could be made to work at all.
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