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    How is backside power really done?

    There are many threads about backside power but I am lost on a key point: when/how is the backside metal put in place? Conventionally, a finished wafer would be ground from the backside to expose vias. In BP, it seems to be that the power lines are laid down first and the transistors are...
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    Looking for stats going back to the 60s

    I am in charge of upcoming ASMC panel discussion. We are bringing together experts to talk about "unintended consequences of CHIPS on Moore's Law". I need to put together a few strong graphics but I am having difficulty locating long-series data. Here is specifically what I am looking for: 1-...
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    What is the minimum viable size of a new 300 mm fab?

    I need help from the community for an upcoming event (ASMC). Considering the cost of land, of equipment etc. what would be the size of a generic competitive logic foundry being built today? TSMC is often confusing the issue by not calling each fab complex with its own name. So you end up with...
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    CHIPS act is dead - just look at our actual priorities

    Call off the dogs. The CHIPS act is dead. It will not pass in one form or another this year. I am not sure that it's good or bad as there's been many iterations. What I do know is that as a country, we are laser focused... on other things. Consider that in the last 20 years: 1- We decided that...
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    Ban crypto, save the world?

    There's been many excellent discussions on this forum about chip shortages affecting many industries (automotive in particular). It's a story with many chapters so no need to re-hash here. I am wondering if the growth of crypto mining is an important factor to the overall tightness of the IC...
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