cost to adopt comparison will highlight why the tier 2s are...

cost to adopt comparison will highlight why the tier 2s are following this highly lucrative sweet spot legacy node / legacy equipment manufacturing model so leveraging cmos friendly and in weebits case cheapest cost per bit offering

figures out of Muse Semiconductor / California

costs to produce in per mm/sq. of silicon
180nm starts at $1000.00 Per mm²
28nm starts at around $13000.00 Per mm²

good to remember these are considered old / legacy technologies yet they are the best cost to produce v revenue return models across all nodes....

XFab quoted prices (German pure play foundry group) ....similar prices as you can see


these are ridiculously cheap
TSMC ?


so tier 2s adopting such a revenue model as GF ( as an example) and Skywater obviously are no brainer revenue models providing cheapest customer adoption entry point into a mass adoption market ......and leveraged market share for these tier 2s with minimal capitol expenditure
if your looking for companys to invest with then your number 1 criteria is the capital return that company gets for every dollar spent.....these are the figures that prove that revenue model

and these prices obviously revise on order volumes....
significantly reduces cost of entry for maximised profitability over time .....with the best metrics in nvm reram currently available
( can state that now tape out is complete )

as always happy to be corrected - something further to think about
remebering of course this is simply weebits entry point - plenty more to unfold as we know

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