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Does Samsung have any claims of how their 3nm compares to TSMC 5nm currently in released products? My understanding was that Samsung’s previous nodes have been
by MobiusHorizons 4y ago
Does Samsung have any claims of how their 3nm compares to TSMC 5nm currently in released products? My understanding was that Samsung’s previous nodes have been less power efficient than the competition at similar performance, so I would guess TSMC 4nm would still be a strong competitor.
- YetAnotherNick 4y agoJudging solely by transistor density(not sure how meaningful is this metric), it is bit better than TSMC N4, but comparable. TSMC N5: 185.46 TSMC N4: 196.6 TSMC N3: 314.73 Samsung 5nm: 133.56–134.9 Samsung 4nm: 137–145.7 Samsung 3nm: 202.85 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_nm_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5_nm_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process
- top_sigrid 4y agoThanks for pointing this out, but some units would do good ;)
- dmitrygr 4y agoI think that’s MTr/mm^2
- ncmncm 4y agoWe will need to start reporting transistors per square micron. But it is the same number. I drove past a Micron Technology building last month, and had to reflect on how many square microns a 6502 would take, nowadays. Not counting TTL drivers, looks like around 4x5 microns. An original ARM would fit in like 10x20 microns. Invisible either way.