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> Smaller transistors use less power. Don't the smaller transistors also have higher leakage? I thought that below 10nm scaling down further would not give pow
by Fronzie 7y ago
> Smaller transistors use less power.
Don't the smaller transistors also have higher leakage?
I thought that below 10nm scaling down further would not give power benefits.
- unlinked_dll 7y agoIt's called Dennard Scaling [0] and it ran out about 15 years ago [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennard_scaling
- Dylan16807 7y agoHaving constant power density with continuous performance improvements broke down. But we're not yet at the point where power density increases as fast as transistor density.
- chas 7y agoWhile this is true for many process nodes, it is not true in general. For instance, the transition to FinFETs greatly reduced leakage power in TSMC 16nm in comparison to their 28nm processes.