Larger dies == more material == more chance for impurities to wreck the crystal.

Chasing 9’s is very hard already (both uptime and purity), and by the time you start getting into 6+ digits of 9’s? Really really hard.

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markhahn an hour ago | parent [-]

did anyone say anything about larger die? I think this is a more-die play, so a given defect density won't affect yield. (maybe a small improvement due to less circumference for given area.)

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lazide 32 minutes ago | parent [-]

It says right in the title?

	▲	marcosdumay 2 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Not really. The article is about a larger wafer, not larger dies. They are mostly cutting transistors, voltage regulators, and such out of those. There's already no practical limitation on the size of those components.