sc94597 on 14 September 2023
The large die size doesn't make sense for economic reasons rather than performance ones.
Larger die -> more defects in the manufacturing process-> fewer chips per wafer -> higher long-term manufacturing costs (even if the wafer costs less, the chips won't necessarily, due to the lower yield rate.)
That is without considering that the yield rate of 4/5nm is about 30% more per wafer than 7/8nm, for the same die size.
Nintendo and Nvidia aren't idiots. They're not going to pay more money for a weaker chip.
