[15155]

TI isn't patterning $10000 wafers at 3nm with massive chiplets and questionable yield, they are making mostly commodity ICs on cheaper processes - they can afford to discard rejects.

[Lerc]

I think the implied question is do they discard, or do they destroy.

Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not stay in the Anduin forever.

[LeifCarrotson]

> "Discarded things tend to get lost. Lost things tend not to stay in the Anduin forever."

I'll have to put that on a warning label near our non-conforming-product containment shelf!

[pinkmuffinere]

Lol I love the deep cut to LOTR! Took me a sec but then brought me so much joy. Viva la nerds!

[mikewarot]

Not only that, leakage goes way up as you shrink the transistors, an ADC on a 3nm wafer would require a complete redesign, if it could be made to work at all.