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In terms of years, not that old. In terms of process, it's ancient.
by silisili 1y ago
In terms of years, not that old.
In terms of process, it's ancient.
- kragen 1y agoI suspect the vast majority of chips made today are made at the 12nm process node or coarser, because I know of some surprising examples. Smaller process nodes are critical to the highest-performance digital chips, but a lot of chips aren't those.
- MangoToupe 1y agoEh if humanity had to revert to 12nm nothing would noticeably get worse
- kragen 1y agoCellphones would, servers would, not much else.
- MangoToupe 1y agoI, personally, am not doing much with my phone i wasn't doing 10 years ago, which about lines up with a 16nm process. I think the camera is the only thing I'd really notice.
- aitchnyu 1y agoWhat Andy (Grove, Intel cofounder) gives, Bill (Gates) takes away.
- kragen 1y agoWell, and all the internet services you use via the phone going away. Not sure about 5G.
- MangoToupe 1y agoI don't really use much aside from apple music, which was buggy but was released almost exactly 10 years ago, and apple photos, which was already a thing. Google was already circling the drain, so I suppose that's a good point. 5G wasn't really that necessary, although I know it's critical as a broadband replacement for many people. I would miss TikTok, of course.