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Back in 2019 Intel suggested the industry do this: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13405/intel-10nm-cannon-lake-and-core-i3-8121u-deep-dive-review/3 https://www.
by mjrpes 3y ago
Back in 2019 Intel suggested the industry do this: https://www.anandtech.com/show/13405/intel-10nm-cannon-lake-and-core-i3-8121u-deep-dive-review/3 https://www.anandtech.com/show/13405/intel-10nm-cannon-lake-...
But nm size is so baked into culture, it didn't take off.
- FPGAhacker 3y agoIt used to be MHz and GHz, then when that stalled, advertising nm became a thing. It can change. Angstrom is kind of a fun word, so I’m sure a few nodes will be named after that.
- audunw 3y agoTSMC now labels their process e.g. “N3”. So there has been a shift away from nm in some contexts. But it really doesn’t matter. There’s not a single physical number you can extract from the process that accurately describes its performance. So just continuing to use “nm” and assigning some number that feels right is actually a reasonable approach.