From that one slices the wafers and then the processors get made. The ”extra” ones in the edges have pretty much zero marginal cost.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QKzS_w_Ko0
Silicon Ribbons begin at 10:10.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_ribbon
>Ribbon solar cells are a 1970s technology most recently sold by Evergreen Solar (which is now in receivership, i.e. bankrupt and liquidated), among other manufacturers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystalline_silicon#PV_industr...
>ribbon silicon (ribbon-Si), has currently no market
From that one slices the wafers and then the processors get made. The ”extra” ones in the edges have pretty much zero marginal cost.