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      "content": "are routing layer masks significantly cheaper than base layer masks? (i'm guessing yes otherwise fpga's would be more economical for this)",
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      "content": "The higher metals ones yes because they usually have coarser pitch. Also there are less masks for metal. AFAIK it's one mask for metal and one mask for via and that's it.  While the FEOL has finer masks and then a lot more of them for the implants and all that stuff.",
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      "content": "^ would also need a deposition step after litho right?",
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      "content": "This is super exciting btw! Going to start working on the base layer and scripting to reconfigure top metal.\n\nAlso, is ‘metal’ programmable gate array a name you just made cz that definitely needs to be an official term",
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      "content": "mask programmable usuaually afaik though using a via layer fairly deep, like via2 or so",
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