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A single silicon atom is 0.2nm... Where are these extra orders of magnitude coming from?

• imtringued 6y ago
  Transistors have been manufactured as a 3D structure for more than a decade and they have multiple dimensions. The idea behind process node naming was primarily about how big a planar transistor would have to be to provide the same transistor density. However, since vendors can slap whatever label they want on their process that's what they end up doing. If you want to compare manufacturing processes then simply compare transistor densities. That way you will avoid the paradox of thinking that the physical limitations of an old transistor design apply to a chip that is using a completely different design. Here is a list of different possible designs [0]. [0] https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FET-Types-Samsung.png https://www.extremetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/FET-T...