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5 nm node products are being released to consumers this year so we're still on track. I think at this point the next node is always questionable because it take

5 nm node products are being released to consumers this year so we're still on track. I think at this point the next node is always questionable because it takes a pretty big breakthrough in manufacturing techniques, resist chemistry, and node design to shave off another nanometer.

jjcon 6y ago
The 5nm nodes being released aren’t actually 5nm though right? That’s just the branding/marketing associated with them from what I’ve seen.
- hyperpallium2 6y ago
  transistors/mm^2 seems like a harder-to-game metric, and more in line with Moore's Law. Though it was "number of components per integrated circuit" https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law So... larger chips areas could continue it... I've thought that huge wafers, at slower clocks, would make sense. In a PC, tablet or even phone, there is plenty of physical room. Not sure if the barrier is technical or just present usage and economics.
gameswithgo 6y ago
"Moore's law is the observation that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years" We are not on track, haven't been on track.
- bryan0 6y ago
  Do you have graphs for this? a quick search shows that at least in some sectors they're still doubling every 2 years https://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Transistor-Count-Trends-Continue-To-Track-With-Moores-Law/ https://www.icinsights.com/news/bulletins/Transistor-Count-T... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#/media/File:Moore's_Law_Transistor_Count_1971-2018.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transistor_count#/media/File:M... https://medium.com/predict/moores-law-is-alive-and-well-eaa49a450188 https://medium.com/predict/moores-law-is-alive-and-well-eaa4...