A proposal to create a derivative of an existing node, such as a lower cost, lower power, higher performance or specialty variant, based on yield, cost and market evidence from the parent technology.
Plan Work product in the Process technology (node) lifecycle
It allows the business to extend the value of a running node in a controlled way rather than through ad hoc customer requests. Derivatives started without a clear case compete with the parent for resources and fragment the kit and library support.
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