What is the MAIN reason that design costs are increasing rapidly with succeeding fab nodes?
(Note: the next question asks for the second most important reason)

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What is the MAIN reason that design costs are increasing rapidly with succeeding fab nodes?  
 (Note: the next question asks for the second most important reason)

Accepted Answer

The number of logic gates increases with each node

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Salaries are going up rapidly

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The smaller feature sizes complicate verification

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CAD tool costs are going up rapidly

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