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minus-squareFrankFrankson@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-27 months agoIt’s important to note that 1.6nm is just a marketing naming scheme and has nothing to do with the actual size of the transistors. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process Look at the 3nm process and how the gate pitch is 48nm and the metal pitch is 24nm. The names of the processes stopped having to do with the size of the transistors over a decade ago. It is stupid.
It’s important to note that 1.6nm is just a marketing naming scheme and has nothing to do with the actual size of the transistors.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/3_nm_process
Look at the 3nm process and how the gate pitch is 48nm and the metal pitch is 24nm. The names of the processes stopped having to do with the size of the transistors over a decade ago. It is stupid.