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To: Joe NYC who wrote (169756)8/22/2002 12:02:56 PM
From: fingolfen  Read Replies (1) of 186894
 
The extra layer is "noise" as some website called it, especially in an overcapacity situation.

I agree that ONE extra layer would be noise... but to add three layers of metal from the previous process requires six new lithographic steps plus the associated deposition, etch, etc. In essence it's increased the cost of the back end by 1.5X as well as the time required to process the wafers... I'd hardly call that "noise", unless you're talking about a 90+ decibel cacophony...
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