Always wondered why the process involved growing a cylinder crystal.
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I had always assumed it was necessary to maintain the high temperatures for controlled mono-crystal growth.
Just hear me out: hexagon shaped chips.
They fully tessellate and will cover an entire hexagon or approximately cover a circular wafer.