Apple's 3nm TSMC wafer costs soar to $18,000, more than tripling since the 28nm A7 chip
And yet, performance increases are slowing with each generation
While chiplets have been around for decades, today they are the hottest trend in chip making powering millions of devices from PCs, to servers, phones and wearables.
You bought a new CPU and it seems to run cool, so you try a bit of overclocking. The GHz climb higher. Did you hit the silicon jackpot? You've got yourself a binned chip. But what's that exactly?