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> 3nm is not actually 3nm To be fair, I read the Xnm labelling is pretty much pure marketing at this point - since 45nm; https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technolog
by worrycue 5y ago
> 3nm is not actually 3nm
To be fair, I read the Xnm labelling is pretty much pure marketing at this point - since 45nm; https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node#Meaning_lost https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/technology_node#Meaning_lost
- cycomanic 5y agoI'm a photonics/optics and I find the Xnm figure really fascinating. It is based on a real metric which is the smallest feature size they can make (roughly the resolution of the lithography process). It is absolutely amazing that we have been able to scale things down to image at that level.
- Hypx_ 5y agoNote that with the rise of finFETs we can pull some of those numbers into the 3rd dimension. The effective gate length is higher than the amount of length it takes on the flat plane of the chip. https://semiengineering.com/moving-to-gaa-fets/ https://semiengineering.com/moving-to-gaa-fets/