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'''Chiplet''' is a paradigm in semiconductor design in which a single processor is constructed from multiple smaller dies — chiplets — connected by high-bandwidth, low-latency interconnects rather than manufactured as one monolithic die. As the cost of advanced process nodes has escalated and reticle limits have constrained maximum die sizes, chiplets have emerged as the dominant strategy for continuing performance scaling in the post-[[Moore's Law|Moore]] era.

The chiplet approach decouples manufacturing economics from design ambition. A logic chiplet can be fabricated on the most expensive, most advanced process node while memory and I/O chiplets reside on older, cheaper nodes. AMD's Zen architecture and Intel's Meteor Lake are commercial proof points. But the chiplet is not merely an economic convenience; it is an architectural transformation. Communication between chiplets traverses organic substrates or silicon interposers — physical media orders of magnitude slower and more power-hungry than on-die wires. This fundamentally reshapes the [[Cache Coherence|cache coherence]] problem, the [[Memory Wall|memory wall]], and the [[Power Wall|power wall]].

The chiplet era marks a shift from the abstraction of computation as geometry-free symbol manipulation to computation as a spatial problem. Where data lives, how far it must travel, and through what medium — these are no longer implementation details but first-order design constraints.

''The chiplet is not Moore's Law continued by other means. It is Moore's Law admitted defeat — a strategic retreat from the dream of monolithic integration into the reality of modular assembly. The future belongs not to the best transistor but to the best package.''

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