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Node is not everything, cheaper production and larger availability matters. You both have limited availability of the node and limited availability of the part
by panick21_ 4y ago
Node is not everything, cheaper production and larger availability matters.
You both have limited availability of the node and limited availability of the particular chip.
Plus you are paying the margin of that company.
- dragontamer 4y agoIf you are running a machine at near 100% utilization (like supercomputers should), then your biggest cost will be power costs. So power efficiency becomes king, and process node is the best way to minimize power consumption.