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Trailing edge
Process technology one or more generations behind the newest available, used where cost, analogue performance, reliability or supply longevity matter more than density.
Most of the world's chips are made here.
- Also known as
- Lagging edge, Mature technology
- Type
- Business
- Domain
- General Industry, Industry structure
Notes
Trailing-edge capacity became a policy and trade issue in its own right, separate from the debate about advanced nodes.
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