"Smaller, faster, and cheaper” has been the mantra of the semiconductor industry for over 40 years. But the latest 45- and 32-nm technology nodes have many in the semiconductor industry crying “uncle.” Efforts to deliver technology on the timeline demanded by Moore’s Law have collided head-on with the economic realities of semiconductor manufacturing. It’s just too costly. Students of “techonomics” (the interdependency of technology and economics) have one heck of a case study on their hands.
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Tuesday, March 4, 2008
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