Squilliam on 31 December 2008
| RAZurrection said: It's amazing how many people think a drop of 20nm on one component will somehow reduce over $150 off the cost. |
Process shrinks are a landmark, not the whole picture. When they transition to a smaller process node they can use cheaper heatsinks, motherboard componentry (Power regulation especially) and power supply units on top of any savings on the chips themselves. Furthermore as a process matures costs go down even more as the proportion of good/bad chips per wafer generally improve with time.
Tease.
