Chip Fabrication Cost Concepts illustChip Fabrication Cost Concepts illustrated by this case study Fabrication Cost Fabrication Yield Defect Tolerance through Redundancy There are many factors involved in the price of a computer chip. New, smaller technology gives a boost in performance and a drop in required chip area. In the smaller technology, one can either keep the small area or place more hardware on the chip in order to get more functionality. In this case study, we explore how different design decisions involving fabrication technology, area, and redundancy affect the cost of chips. Chip IBM Power5 Sun Niagara AMD Opteron Die size (mm 2 ) 389 380 199 Estimated defect rate (per cm 2 ) .30 .75 .75 Manufacturing size (nm) 130 90 90 Transistors (millions) 276 279 233 a.rated by this case study Fabrication Cost Fabrication Yield Defect Tolerance through Redundancy There are many factors involved in the price of a computer chip. New, smaller technology gives a boost in performance and a drop in required chip area. In the smaller technology, one can either keep the small area or place more hardware on the chip in order to get more functionality. In