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>Here 5 nm and 3 nm refer to the size in nanometers, billionths of meter, of circuit elements used to build chips Not this again. They don't mean anything exce
by shantara 5y ago
>Here 5 nm and 3 nm refer to the size in nanometers, billionths of meter, of circuit elements used to build chips
Not this again. They don't mean anything except for being purely marketing designations
- monocasa 5y agoSort of. Foundaries can normally point to some real world metric for their Nnm node name. But because they pick different metrics it's not useful for comparing between nodes/foundaries hence why people say it doesn't mean anything practical.
- zamalek 5y agoWithin the same foundry, they are comparable. It's just a decrementing version number, though.
- sliken 5y agoSort of, yes you can't compare across fabs. But TSMC 3nm allows more transistors per square mm than TSMC 5nm.