https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing 2026-04-14T17:11:30Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.39.13 https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270773&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T16:25:55Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:25, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]. Note that Intel capital expenses were millions to tens of millions - indicating that fabrication of the earliest chips was only these millions, unless they outsourced. But there were probably no companies to outsource to at that time. [https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/history-lesson-the-1980s-semiconductor?s=r]. Note that Arduino is more powerful than this.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]. Note that Intel capital expenses were millions to tens of millions - indicating that fabrication of the earliest chips was only these millions, unless they outsourced. But there were probably no companies to outsource to at that time. [https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/history-lesson-the-1980s-semiconductor?s=r]. Note that Arduino is more powerful than this<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. 8080 was a 6000 nm process</ins>.</div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270772&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T16:25:28Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:25, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]. Note that Intel capital expenses were millions to tens of millions - indicating that fabrication of the earliest chips was only these millions, unless they outsourced. But there were probably no companies to outsource to at that time. [https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/history-lesson-the-1980s-semiconductor?s=r]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]. Note that Intel capital expenses were millions to tens of millions - indicating that fabrication of the earliest chips was only these millions, unless they outsourced. But there were probably no companies to outsource to at that time. [https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/history-lesson-the-1980s-semiconductor?s=r]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Note that Arduino is more powerful than this.</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270771&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T16:22:25Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:22, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]. Note that Intel capital expenses were millions to tens of millions - indicating that fabrication of the earliest chips was only these millions, unless they outsourced. But there were probably no companies to outsource to at that time. [https://www.fabricatedknowledge.com/p/history-lesson-the-1980s-semiconductor?s=r</ins>]</div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270770&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T16:17:29Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 16:17, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l9">Line 9:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 9:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*8080 chip made in 1974, first computer - Altair [https://collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk/objects/co8384574/closed-intel-8080-microprocessor-chip-1974-1977-microprocessor]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270768&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:56:48Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:56, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l8">Line 8:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 8:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Around $1M per machine - with hundreds of such machines. Most expensive machine is $120M. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant#:~:text=Estimates%20put%20the%20cost%20of,4%20billion%20not%20being%20uncommon.]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Around $1M per machine - with hundreds of such machines. Most expensive machine is $120M. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant#:~:text=Estimates%20put%20the%20cost%20of,4%20billion%20not%20being%20uncommon.]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*See process description at 2-8 - each layer requires a tool, each tool is on the order of $1M each. [http://smithsonianchips.si.edu/ice/cd/CEICM/SECTION2.pdf]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270767&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:42:41Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:42, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*65 nm fab - $40M [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-to-65-nm-has-its-costs/]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*65 nm fab - $40M [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-to-65-nm-has-its-costs/]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Around $1M per machine - with hundreds of such machines. Most expensive machine is $120M. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant#:~:text=Estimates%20put%20the%20cost%20of,4%20billion%20not%20being%20uncommon.]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Around $1M per machine - with hundreds of such machines. Most expensive machine is $120M. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant#:~:text=Estimates%20put%20the%20cost%20of,4%20billion%20not%20being%20uncommon.]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*$1M for a plant in 1969 [https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-cost-of-setting-up-a-semiconductor-fabrication-plant]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270766&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:32:16Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:32, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l6">Line 6:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 6:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$87M for 200 nm fab [https://swarajyamag.com/tech/many-upcoming-ic-fabs-do-not-need-euv-or-3-billion-investment-contrary-to-what-some-may-think]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$87M for 200 nm fab [https://swarajyamag.com/tech/many-upcoming-ic-fabs-do-not-need-euv-or-3-billion-investment-contrary-to-what-some-may-think]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*65 nm fab - $40M [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-to-65-nm-has-its-costs/]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*65 nm fab - $40M [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-to-65-nm-has-its-costs/]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*Around $1M per machine - with hundreds of such machines. Most expensive machine is $120M. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_fabrication_plant#:~:text=Estimates%20put%20the%20cost%20of,4%20billion%20not%20being%20uncommon.]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270765&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:27:11Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:27, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l5">Line 5:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 5:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$4M design and $200k tooling for 130 nm [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-from-8-wafer-fabs-to-12-could-ease-ic-shortages/]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$4M design and $200k tooling for 130 nm [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-from-8-wafer-fabs-to-12-could-ease-ic-shortages/]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$87M for 200 nm fab [https://swarajyamag.com/tech/many-upcoming-ic-fabs-do-not-need-euv-or-3-billion-investment-contrary-to-what-some-may-think]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$87M for 200 nm fab [https://swarajyamag.com/tech/many-upcoming-ic-fabs-do-not-need-euv-or-3-billion-investment-contrary-to-what-some-may-think]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*65 nm fab - $40M [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-to-65-nm-has-its-costs/]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270764&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:22:33Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:22, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l4">Line 4:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 4:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Original Nintendo was 8 bit. 32 bit microprocessors such as 8 Core 80Mhz are 350 nm [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350_nm_process] - 2006</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Original Nintendo was 8 bit. 32 bit microprocessors such as 8 Core 80Mhz are 350 nm [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350_nm_process] - 2006</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$4M design and $200k tooling for 130 nm [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-from-8-wafer-fabs-to-12-could-ease-ic-shortages/]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*$4M design and $200k tooling for 130 nm [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-from-8-wafer-fabs-to-12-could-ease-ic-shortages/]</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*$87M for 200 nm fab [https://swarajyamag.com/tech/many-upcoming-ic-fabs-do-not-need-euv-or-3-billion-investment-contrary-to-what-some-may-think]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin https://wiki.opensourceecology.org/index.php?title=Cost_of_Semiconductor_Manufacturing&diff=270763&oldid=prev 2022-05-17T15:19:25Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 15:19, 17 May 2022</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l3">Line 3:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 3:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Arduino is 350 nm [https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/izedva/what_nm_process_does_atmega328p_uses/] - &#039;wouldn&#039;t be asking on Reddit if it mattered&#039;</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Arduino is 350 nm [https://www.reddit.com/r/arduino/comments/izedva/what_nm_process_does_atmega328p_uses/] - &#039;wouldn&#039;t be asking on Reddit if it mattered&#039;</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Original Nintendo was 8 bit. 32 bit microprocessors such as 8 Core 80Mhz are 350 nm [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350_nm_process] - 2006</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>*Original Nintendo was 8 bit. 32 bit microprocessors such as 8 Core 80Mhz are 350 nm [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/350_nm_process] - 2006</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">*$4M design and $200k tooling for 130 nm [https://www.eetimes.com/shift-from-8-wafer-fabs-to-12-could-ease-ic-shortages/]</ins></div></td></tr> </table>

Marcin