drkohler on 18 March 2019
| Intrinsic said: Now each wafer costs anywhere between $300 and $10000 on the foundry side of things depending on number of processing steps and complexity. AMD will pay the agreed amount for every wafer..... regardless of what is working or not working in it as long as an agreed upon minimum chip yield per wafer is met. |
Wafer costs jumped from around $4k for 12/14nm to around $6k for 7nm (Source: IC Knowledge LLC). What AMD agrees to pay we do not and will never know, these are very complex deals.
