dallas on 31 May 2007
the thing about 65 nm chips is that I really doubt that they would be cheaper. Why would they? smaller chip etchings means that you would have to get newer, more refined equipment, which will cost more. The upside might be better reliability and heat control but ...... that isn't price.
I've read that the "limit" that the engineers will be able to get in terms of the size of chip etchings will go down to no lower than 30nm.... so we are getting close to that "theoretical" limit, and product upgrades rarely happen with a price cut. It just doesn't work that way.
If anybody could clear this up for me, please pitch in.
