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SkyMarshal 5 days ago

> If Intel technically leapfrog TSMC and their 18nm is better than TSMC 20nm this year but;

Think you mean 1.8nm, aka 18A. We're way past 18nm and 20nm.

swores 5 days ago | parent | next [-]

How long ago did nm numbers stop being descriptions of size of chip and start being purely marketing names? About a decade?

danparsonson 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/296154-how-are-process...

"For a long time, gate length (the length of the transistor gate) and half-pitch (half the distance between two identical features on a chip) matched the process node name, but the last time this was true was 1997"

swores 4 days ago | parent [-]

Oh wow, I didn't realise it has been that long! Thanks for sharing

danparsonson 4 days ago | parent [-]

Same here, I would have put it much more recently than that; I wonder how long before we'll be into negative numbers...

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bee_rider 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

While it is true that the nm numbers are bullshit, using the same made-up number helps keep the conversation on track, haha.

ksec 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Yeah. That is what happen when I post it just before I felt asleep. Too late now can't edit it.