MolaKule
Staff member
Extinction loltoo many chips are made in two countries on earth, both facing extinction from evil forces.
too many chips are made in two countries on earth, both facing extinction from evil forces.
3nm and 4nm nodes. Have mercy. 65nm when I started in SEMI.
Hey, at least it’s not Intel 14nm+++++3nm and 4nm nodes. Have mercy. 65nm when I started in SEMI.
Yeah, analog suffers actually. IO and transceiver degradation is unfortunately a thing on some ICs.I don't think they typically use the smallest nodes for analog. Wouldn't make much sense.
Yep. However not a lot of purely analog IC’s out there, lot of mixed signal ones and they can take advantage of the smaller digital gates. After all, just because the process can do 4nm doesn’t mean every transistor has to be that small.Yeah, analog suffers actually. IO and transceiver degradation is unfortunately a thing on some ICs.
Hey, at least it’s not Intel 14nm+++++
Can’t think of a single phone that does that, they have multiple chips doing different functions. Front end modules, modems, and transceivers will all be their own dedicated chips.Many smartphone chips implement literally the whole signal chain from the antenna to the earpiece on one chip with one process.
Can’t think of a single phone that does that, they have multiple chips doing different functions. Front end modules, modems, and transceivers will all be their own dedicated chips.
Canon and Sony make large image sensors for dSLRs, and getting it down to the smallest process node would be a disaster since each sensor pixel is way larger than that. Their primary cost considerations are per unit area (not per transistor/gate), and older is cheaper. I believe they use their own fabs for that. There are fabless companies that do specialized silicon image sensors, and keeping up with older fabs closing or moving to smaller process nodes keeps them busy.