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What does "nm" mean, really? It's only barely useful to compare generations within one company's fab model. What's a better measure to use? transistors / m^2
by gowld 7y ago
What does "nm" mean, really?
It's only barely useful to compare generations within one company's fab model.
What's a better measure to use? transistors / m^2 ?
Or at least to label properly as "7 AMD-nm" to avoid false comparison to "Intel-nm"?
- sachintendulkar 7y agoGet out with your technical nuances. This is hacker news where we discuss is frameworks and their naming and how Intel bad Oracle bad. Serious- i didn't downvote
- bryanlarsen 7y agoMillion transistors per mm^2 has been proposed as a comparison metric: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/mtr-mm%C2%B2 https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/mtr-mm%C2%B2 There are lots of different transistor sizes on a chip, so it also specifies what kind of transistors to measure.
- vbezhenar 7y agoWhy does it matter anyway? Just compare benchmarks and power.