Comments on: Why 450-mm wafers? https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=253 Musings of a Gentleman Scientist Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.5 By: Scott https://lithoguru.com/life/?p=253#comment-14194 Mon, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-14194 Chris, interesting perspective, as usual. Another interesting future view would be that of the equipment manufacturers.

There are two primary considerations:
– The up-front costs to develop the next size (who bears this, who can afford it, who survives it)
– The long term cost/value. Equipment manufacturers see the strongest investments at size transitions.

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