The cost per chip is slightly higher than normal chips, but has less chance of being counterfeited.

Total module bit width is a product of bits per chip by number of chips.

The number of decreases exceeds 1000 per chip for both amplified groups.

In our example, this minimum point happens to be 5,333 transistors per chip.

Other factors include packaging the resulting wafer, which puts a lower limit on this process of about $1 per completed chip.

Although Intel will not divulge its average selling price per chip, an industry source estimates it at $200.

Ability to survey up to 12 samples per chip allows for high throughput processing.

While they could double the transistor count per chip, they would increase power draw about 80%.

Even though they are inexpensive per chip, the cost can add up over time.

Using 12-inch wafers would allow more chips to be made on each wafer, lowering manufacturing costs per chip.