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Certainly there would be some but if it was worth the trouble they'd do it I guess. Heck, AMD does it and they have "the best yields in the world", right?


There could be lots of reasons why additional metal layers have not been added at this time, besides "if it was worth it". I was simply asking your opinion as an apparently defect knowlegeable person, if you thought that there would be additional defect issues that would make doing it a negative return on the investment. I thought maybe you had some insight into what the possible increased defect densities would be, for adding an additional metal layer. Never mind, I'll ask someone else. Thanks.

Semi