Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Semiconductor Moore's Law Running out of Money

New 14nm process technology and design IP development costs more than $1.5 billion, while new fabs cost several billions. Only very few companies will be able to continue developing and building new fabs. A recent forecast at Common Platform Technology Forum see  +44% growth for foundries.

More stories in March 2012 Moore's Law End? (Next semiconductors gen. cost $10 billion) and Moore's Law Slowwwing .


Ron
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