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by btbuilder 632 days ago
Assembly of the phone or device using the processor.
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The dies themselves are "assembled" - cut from the wafer, bonded to the wires (or solder bumps) that carry signals to the rest of the system, and packaged for physical protection and thermal management.

In recent times, multi-chiplet architecture has added its own layer of complexity to that process.

See also: OSAT.

we're talking about the chip itself. Not the phone