chiplet
A chiplet is the apotheosis of semiconductor divide-and-conquer, offloading the dream of monolithic integration onto countless tiny die. Each fragment touts itself as the panacea for cost and performance, only to shepherd designers into a labyrinth of interconnect woes. Resolving the incompatibilities between vendor-specific pieces remains little more than chanting the ancient magic word 'reboot your SoC'. We entrust our future to chiplets, all the while cowering before the mounting complexity lurking beneath their modular charm.