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   The Penguin of Evil (etchedpixels@mastodon.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 05:39:16 JST The Penguin of Evil

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   @bread80 @haitchfive That's not how fab economics work. You can't keep a bit of an old process around in a corner for the odd little job. Either you've got it and you run it hard or you reuse the space for a more profitable option.

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     Bread80 (bread80@mstdn.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Jun-2024 05:39:17 JST Bread80

     @haitchfive I’m somewhat surprised that (some) older processes can’t be retained, cost reduced. They’d be very useful for short run/hobbyist designs (versus the patented cutting edge technology).

     Surely lower factory cost must be useful for something? Not every chip needs ultra dense ultra small transistor size.