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Worth pointing out that (5/3)^2 is MUCH higher than the 1.42 you cite though. It's definitely true that process scaling is employing tricks to increase density
by ajross 4y ago
Worth pointing out that (5/3)^2 is MUCH higher than the 1.42 you cite though.
It's definitely true that process scaling is employing tricks to increase density faster than feature size would predict.
But it's even more true that node sizes from TSMC are now just totally made up nonsense. This is not remotely a full node kind of improvement.
- vardump 4y agoI think almost no one cares. While it's unlikely scaling continues to this level, I got this funny idea: eventually the marketing gate size might become smaller than a single atom!
- kurthr 4y agoWell, to be fair it's a full node price increase! It's the first node where each transistor is more expensive. :^)