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0 pointsechoangle1y ago0 comments

Why do you need a management engine for that? Couldn’t you just bond the connections to the ones you want and leave the other disconnected? Basically just have all chips next to each other on the die and only use one?

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danhor1y ago

I/O pads (and their drivers) take up a huge amount of space. For some simpler ICs their die size is determined by their Pads.

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0 pointsechoangle1y ago0 comments

Why do you need a management engine for that? Couldn’t you just bond the connections to the ones you want and leave the other disconnected? Basically just have all chips next to each other on the die and only use one?

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danhor1y ago

I/O pads (and their drivers) take up a huge amount of space. For some simpler ICs their die size is determined by their Pads.

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