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Yes, I was joking. :-)

I think they do sometimes put test features in the corners if there's space. The electrical properties of the die can vary in interesting ways [1], but the edges are usually worse than the center.

[1] https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&q=wafer+defect+patter...



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