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1b DRAM Now Costs 54% More Per Square Millimeter Than TSMC’s Equal-Sized N2 Wafer, Despite Being Far Easier To Fabricate

In a cleanroom, TSMC's 2nm tech 300mm wafer labeled 'TWN2-A01-01' weighs 3.12g on a Sartorius Cubis scale, while a DDR5 DRAM weighs 168.5g on a Sartorius Entris II scale.

In what is a testament to the craziness of the contemporary AI buildout age, a square millimeter of 1b DRAM is now costlier than a similar-sized TSMC N2 wafer, despite the fact that the latter is much more difficult to fabricate. A square millimeter of 1b DRAM wafer costs $0.654, while TSMC’s N2 wafer costs $0.42 per square millimeter According to Kernel Insight and as quoted by ZDNet, the price of a 300 millimeter TSMC N3 (3nm) wafer is around $20,000, while the N2 wafer of the same size goes for around $30,000. This then equates to a per square […]

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