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   #4. Posted at 01:58 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
ssidbroadcast
Question for Uber,

When faulty silicon comes out at the fab, and they have to throw it out, is that material "recycled" there at the fab or is it lost forever (landfill)?
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#4, It is recycled but not into chips. Silicon goes through a pr...  :  AlvinTheNerd  (#6)  «
#6, That's pretty interesting. Thanks.  :  Creamsteak  (#9)  «
#6, Okay, so it doesn't end up as a chip but still gets re-pu...  :  ssidbroadcast  (#10)  «
#6, Nice answer, but you're not Uber. Such a shame that your ...  :  flip-mode  (#11)  «
#11, lol ! hahahah  :  Tamale  (#12)  «
#11, And I'm not a process engineer, so I don't have much t...  :  UberGerbil  (#13)  «
#6, What is "industrial silicon" used for?  :  Flying Fox  (#15)  «
#15, All sorts of things. For instance: http://en.wikipedia....  :  reactorfuel  (#20)  «
#6, it is not the foundry that makes the monocrystals, they b...  :  moritzgedig  (#28)  «
#4, That's exactly what I was wondering as I was reading the art...  :  Richie_G  (#8)  «

   #27. Posted at 01:03 AM on Jul 6th 2009 Edit   Reply
Swollen_Goat
interesting indeed
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   #19. Posted at 01:16 AM on Jul 2nd 2009 Edit   Reply
asdsa
How convenient for nvidia these TSMC:n 40nm problems. Hopefully Globalfoundries will eventually kick TSMC:s butt so this kind of farce happens no more.
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#19, Yes...because GF is immune to these problems somehow ?! S*it...  :  Silus  (#22)  «
#19, NV uses TSMC too so your statement doesn't really make sense...  :  MadManOriginal  (#24)  «
#24, And "out" is a major overstatement for that card.  :  Silus  (#25)  «
#25, I guess it depends upon where you live? In the US the ...  :  MadManOriginal  (#26)  «

   #1. Posted at 01:43 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
juampa_valve_rde
what about 4770, mobility 4800 and evergreen done with 45 nm bulk silicon from global foundries?
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#1, TSMC is not Global Foundries...  :  TheEmrys  (#2)  «
#1, That's not how those GPUs were designed, so in other words, ...  :  OneArmedScissor  (#3)  «
#3, They are not completely "stuck" per se, they just need so...  :  Flying Fox  (#16)  «
#16, That's why I specified "everything current." You're di...  :  OneArmedScissor  (#17)  «
#17, I am sure they can. It is just a matter of will and...  :  Flying Fox  (#23)  «

   #5. Posted at 02:35 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
SecretMaster
Is AMD's DX11 GPU on a 40nm die? If so, I'd imagine this could pose supply problems relatively soon, or even a pushback on the launch (which is supposed to be soon IIRC)
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#5, It was already pushed back once because of TSMC's issues, I'...  :  khands  (#21)  «

   #18. Posted at 10:52 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
thermistor
#4...Recycled silicon gets turned into cuff links. A Samsung representative visited my factory about 10 years ago, even before I worked there. Since then, there has been a pseudo-gag gift passed around at holiday parties, consisting of a tie tack and cuff links. They feature a pieces of flash(?) memory under some sort of polished resin, I believe...the traces can be seen fairly easily as this was still from the 'micron' era.
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   #14. Posted at 06:39 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
Mr Bill
Ahhha, now I understand why its so hard to get a Radeon HD 4770 video card. Its been on order for over a month.
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   #7. Posted at 03:09 PM on Jul 1st 2009 Edit   Reply
PRIME1
What about UMC?
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