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As of the time of the conversation, physical-design work is generally outsourced in these chip projects.

Walter Goodwin · Frontier Chips for Frontier AI Labs, with Walter Goodwin, Founder/CEO of Fractile · 2 Oct 2026

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“analog ip that is used for chip to chip connectivity and it is this kind of physical placement that is specific to a given process node at tsmc so you know we talk about like three nanometers five nanometers etc um so that piece is still today you know generally it is a kind of outsourced activity for all of these projects”
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