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So what does it mean then?

• zionic 6y ago
  Literally nothing more than a marketing "group name" for a family of processes, none of which have any dimension approaching 3nm.
• Koshkin 6y ago
  According to Wikipedia [1], it refers to "the process' minimum feature size." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication#Size https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabricati...
  • wetpaws 6y ago
    In many cases, like in Samsung case, it does not even refer to the feature size, and just represents a generation of the tech process or some arbitrary incremental improvements.
• agumonkey 6y ago
  Probably the size the lightwave smallest etch on a die. Now an etch doesn't make a transistor which means the smallest useful etch is larger.
• pkaye 6y ago
  This talks a little about how the meaning has changed over time: https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node