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A semiconductor chip that cannot be shrunk any further, because there would not be enough room for the bonding pads used for interconnection on the outer perimeter of the die. Although bonding pads are getting smaller, having shrunk below 50 microns, area array packaging has obviated the pad limited problem. See area array package.
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