X Marks the Chip. Diagonal wiring promises to bring cheaper, faster and smaller chips. [Technology Review - Computers and Electronics]
Oh sure, I'll be the first to admit that a big part of the inertia behind Manhattan routing is that it's a much easier problem to solve. Then again, a big part of engineering is deciding what the actual problem at hand is. The new question is "Is that small of a gain worth it?" Sometimes yes, but for commodity parts it could be no.
They also claim a reduction in overall cross-talk, but the increase in interconnect flux right in the center of the die will tend in increase cross-talk for certain pairs.
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