The dark side of chiplet based designs: trading performance for cost
In the world of chipsets, costs are still king over ultimate performance.
Once a niche solution for maximizing silicon yields, chiplets have become the industry’s go-to strategy for delivering more cores at lower costs. AMD popularized the approach with Ryzen and EPYC, Intel reluctantly followed, and now even NVIDIA and Qualcomm are getting in on the act. But while chiplets bring undeniable benefits, including better binning, lower wafer costs, and more flexible design scaling, they also introduce compromises that manufacturers would rather you not dwell on.
