Broadcom sees rising 20 nm costs amid handset push
Rick Merritt, EETimes
12/6/2012 3:30 PM EST
SAN JOSE, Calif. – Cost-per-transistor may rise at the 20- and 14-nm generations, Broadcom CEO Scott McGregor said during in the company’s annual analyst day here. Nevertheless, the company will “judiciously” drive more products to newer nodes next year as it rolls out its first LTE chips and gears up for a push into integrated applications processors.
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