4 ms·

so, how many nanometers is 2nm?

• Snow_Falls 3y ago
  If this isnt a joke, 2nm=2 nanometers.
  • ijhuygft776 3y ago
    If this isn't a joke, you are wrong. What a world we live in. > Today, terms such as “2 nanometer” and “3 nanometer” are widely used as shorthand for each new generation of chip, rather than a semiconductor's actual physical dimensions. Its almost as if we live in 1984 where newspeak goes un-noticed
    • Snow_Falls 3y ago
      Oh! Do you mean how many actual nanometers a transistor made on a '2nm' process is?
      • ijhuygft776 3y ago
        What I mean is: WTF, no one cares how many nanometers it is... why lie about it either way, anyways?
        • bee_rider 3y ago
          I think that’s a popular sentiment, but we should all appreciate the person who answered your question as if it was good-faith, right? That’s a good instinct for somebody to have.
          • ijhuygft776 3y ago
            for sure... I didn't down-vote him unlike some other people... I can't down-vote on this account anyways (I actually up-voted him because I saw his comment had been shadow banned, which is another terrible practice... humans are messed up, I hope AI takes over, for the better or the worst)
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• coltonweaver 3y ago
  For those unaware, "2nm" is marketing-speak. The actual physical dimensions are 45nm gate pitch and 20nm tightest metal pitch for 2nm. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_nm_process https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2_nm_process https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/tsmc-7nm-5nm-and-3nm-are-just-numbers https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/tsmc-7nm-5nm-and-3nm-are-just-n...
  • daxfohl 3y ago
    Oh wow, so a 7 percent improvement, not 50 percent. I'd heard about the disparity, but didn't know it was that big.