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[borusa]

>recently read an article about wafer costs between 28nm and 14nm Finfets. The wafer costs are said to be around 2000$ for 28nm compared to 7000$ for 14nm Finfets. This means that the costs are not compensated by the shrink, I think this gives you the trend. I would expect 7nm to be a lot more expensive than 14nm, maybe also not compensating for the gains by the shrink either. This means that the only reason to shrink further is performance gains, not economics, leaving 7nm designs for the high end for a while.

Yeah, getting closer to the end. Always though, the last batch should be better ...

APPL sure knows how to get the best from their suppliers. Just goes to show. OTOH for many years the older better developed process was the go to for mission critical (server etc), interesting times...