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14nm or so is kind of a sweet spot for general purpose chip design right now, because later nodes turn out to have higher overall per-transistor cost despite th
by zozbot234 2y ago
14nm or so is kind of a sweet spot for general purpose chip design right now, because later nodes turn out to have higher overall per-transistor cost despite the improvement in density and area. Of course this may well change over time as even finer production nodes get developed and the existing nodes then move closer to the trailing edge.
- wuschel 2y agoInteresting! Could you perhaps point me towards the source where I could read up on the state of the art of chip manufacturing and the implications coming from the respective manufacture processes?
- zozbot234 2y agoIsn't that what sites like the OP are for?
- mlyle 2y agoOf course, on the opposite side: if you have higher Fmax and lower power, you need fewer transistors to get the same characteristics for end users.
- distances 2y agoThe article linked in another comment pointed out that cost per transistor keeps falling, and it's just the fast increasing fixed costs that make it seem otherwise. https://semianalysis.com/2022/07/24/the-dark-side-of-the-semiconductor/ https://semianalysis.com/2022/07/24/the-dark-side-of-the-sem...
- zozbot234 2y agoRight, but the "fast increasing fixed costs" are what really matters usually. It's not just perception.
- Dylan16807 2y agoIt depends on how big of a run you want to do.