Is 450mm A Dead Duck?
March 5, 2010
What can you get for the cost of an Olympic Games? Answer: A transition to 450mm wafers. Both cost between $25 billion and $30 billion.
But while governments fight each other to fund the Olympic Games, the only three people who want 450mm wafer processing - Intel, Samsung and TSMC - don't seem prepared to put their hands in their pockets for it.
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