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That number 333MT means millions of transistors per square millimeter, I get from that linked ars tecnica article. That seems like a much better way to compare
by rnk 3y ago
That number 333MT means millions of transistors per square millimeter, I get from that linked ars tecnica article. That seems like a much better way to compare different technologies in chip fabrication, because of the well known fact that these gate widths have lots of nuances that impact how many gates per unit of space can be used.
Why don't we just use "millions of transistors per mm^2"? The concept seems obviously useful, until now I never thought of it.
- hexaga 3y agoSeems like a Goodhart's law situation to me. It would not stretch my credulity very much to see MT/mm^2 rapidly become just as nuanced (as feature size) if it were used for primary marketing.
- adgjlsfhk1 3y agoOne problem is that the measurement depends on what you're using the transistors for. You can fit more logic tranistors per mm^2 than cache transistors on recent nodes (capacitance is really annoying).