Re:The Race to 10/7nm
by microcolonel on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @04:27PM
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My understanding is that the actual pitch is not getting considerably smaller, despite the (still fairly large) changes in quoted node size.
Also the cost per wafer for TSMC 20nm is still the same as when TSMC 40nm was introduced, the latter today is about half as much money, AFAIK. 16nm is about half way between the introductory price of 20nm.
The transistors are getting slightly smaller, but the cost per transistor seems to be staying the same or increasing; Moore's law really died like... a decade ago.
These days you see us coming to terms with it. For years we've been telling people that computing resources are abundant and they needn't worry about memory or CPU time because their application will double in speed in a year. This is probably why most websites are awful these days, and take more time than ever to do things they did nearly 20 years ago in half the time.
Also the cost per wafer for TSMC 20nm is still the same as when TSMC 40nm was introduced, the latter today is about half as much money, AFAIK. 16nm is about half way between the introductory price of 20nm.
The transistors are getting slightly smaller, but the cost per transistor seems to be staying the same or increasing; Moore's law really died like... a decade ago.
These days you see us coming to terms with it. For years we've been telling people that computing resources are abundant and they needn't worry about memory or CPU time because their application will double in speed in a year. This is probably why most websites are awful these days, and take more time than ever to do things they did nearly 20 years ago in half the time.