• Billiam@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I was under the impression that anything under like 10nm was just marketing and doesn’t actually refer to transistor density in any meaningful way?

    • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.ca
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      2 months ago

      It is marketing and it does have meaningful connection to the litho features, but the connection is not absolute. For example Samsung’s 5nm is noticeably more power hungry than TSMC’s 5nm.