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Most SOCs are trimmed for cost, which means cheap manufacturing. Especially the system on a chip design for single board computers. Even RPI5s with the Broadco
by treffer 3y ago
Most SOCs are trimmed for cost, which means cheap manufacturing. Especially the system on a chip design for single board computers.
Even RPI5s with the Broadcom BCM2712 which is super high volume is 16nm. If they manage to get 5nm in 2026 at low cost than that's the path to take the SOC crown.
This could even lead to RISC-V SOCs/SBCs at RPI power and price tag (yeah, still dreaming).
- snvzz 3y ago>This could even lead to RISC-V SOCs/SBCs at RPI power and price tag (yeah, still dreaming). A little more power (different form factor...) but don't miss Milk-V Oasis. That's due this summer, $120, mini-itx and should be massively faster than RPi5.
- jacquesm 3y agoI can't wait to get my hands on one of those.
- RetroTechie 3y agoEnergy efficiency, high performance, low cost per IC: pick 2.
- datadrivenangel 3y agoUp until a process generation or three ago, costs were declining as efficiency and performance increased!
- nine_k 3y agoHigh absolute performance (Xeon / Epyc scale), maybe. High performance per watt, why not all three? Smaller transistors take less power to switch, so they likely can be run at a higher frequency without thermal issues. (Of course, a lot of other design considerations apply.)
- VMG 3y agoWhen I compare my phone with a PDP11 it seems obvious that I can pick all three and then some
- snapplebobapple 3y agoYou are comparing time series data when the statement was obviously meant about cross sectional data.