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Moore’s Law:
the number of transistors quadruples
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every four years
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Rock’s Law:
the cost of a fab doubles every four
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years
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Result 1:
equipment pushed to technological limits,
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more process
instability, more scheduling complexity
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Result 2:
fewer advanced fabs and fewer fab
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operators,
fabless/foundry partnerships
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Result 3:
fabless firms do naïve planning, foundry
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must do real
planning and scheduling and do it fast
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