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To: Paul Engel who wrote (56516)4/26/1999 9:29:00 PM
From: Craig Freeman  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1571911
 
Paul, according to TSMC, you can buy finished 8" wafers for just $1,250. Their annual report shows that they exported 842,280 8" wafers for a price of NT$ 34,468,771,000. Figuring $0.03US per NT$, at 100% yield the cost of silicon in a 100mm2 CPU would be about the same as a Big Mac(tm), fries and a Coke(tm).

Other than the issue of yields, did I miss something?

Craig



To: Paul Engel who wrote (56516)4/27/1999 12:46:00 AM
From: Charles R  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1571911
 
Paul,

Thanks for the info. Does the "own" operations setup extend all the way to the fab? If so, who sources Vantis's PLDs?

Chuck


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