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To: Kirk © who wrote (9060)2/27/2004 12:48:38 PM
From: Cary Salsberg  Respond to of 25522
 
RE: "...more chips per wafer."

Chips per wafer is a function of surface area, but I understood that diagonal routing becomes increasingly significant as the number of layers increases and that chip area is only marginally affected if at all. I can understand possibly 5-10%, intuitively, but not 20-30%.


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