dwc@hou2b.UUCP (D.CHEN) (02/25/85)
>If each processor had 16K bytes of memory, a 1M array would result in a >computer with 16,000 Meg (16 gigabytes) of ram. If the entire wafer of >silicon was used then the wasted area used for cutting the chips apart >could be eliminated. It would be possible to get many processors on on >wafer with only 30 or so external connections required. i'm not sure but wouldn't the yield on such "entire wafer" chips be effectively zero?
peterb@pbear.UUCP (02/27/85)
In order for it to work, you would have to use rather large geometries (1.5 - 3 microns) and have to have a large amount of redundancy. There are other headaches to work out, but the yield would not be 0.