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What advantage would the 10nm process have for base stations? Possibly in the micro-cell stuff for 5G, but none of this runs on battery. Established 16 or 28nm
by ysleepy 8y ago
What advantage would the 10nm process have for base stations?
Possibly in the micro-cell stuff for 5G, but none of this runs on battery. Established 16 or 28nm processes are cheap and run smoothly.
I read an interview with GlobalFoundries which talked about different process node characteristics. [1]
Who would really benefit from the 10nm process? Mobile SoCs, basebands/modems and AI chips. There has to be a high performance and low power requirement to justify being an early adopter of a new process.
Or intel aggressively misled fab customers about the progress of their 10nm efforts.
[1] https://www.anandtech.com/show/12438/the-future-of-silicon-an-exclusive-interview-with-dr-gary-patton-cto-of-globalfoundries https://www.anandtech.com/show/12438/the-future-of-silicon-a...
- kingosticks 8y agoI'm not sold on it being Nokia, but from their 5g chipset page: > ReefShark packs more functionality into 50 percent smaller hardware compared to products that use discrete components > ReefShark chipset decreases mMIMO antenna size by half >ReefShark cuts energy use by 85 percent, increasing deployment options >Boosts the intelligence and performance of MIMO antennas So density and power. This chipset would be around for a long time, it makes sense to be on the latest process.