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Re:Amazon’s Chips Threaten Intel by m_mueller on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @08:24AM (#18655132)
doesn't it look like they're shifting to do chiplets as well at the moment? copying AMD might be their plan C, but it won't help if AMD can steam ahead with TSMC 7nm while Intel is locked to 14nm for a couple of years. That's going to hurt a lot.
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Re:Amazon’s Chips Threaten Intel by pitaj on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:26AM (#18656390)
TSMC's 7nm and Intel's 14nm are about the same in actual dimensions on silicon IIRC. The names for the processes are mostly fluff.
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Re:Amazon’s Chips Threaten Intel by gpderetta on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @05:02PM (#18659373)
AFAIK, supposedly TMSC 7nm and Intel 10nm are about equivalent, but with 10nm being in a limbo, TMSC is ahead now.
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Re:Amazon’s Chips Threaten Intel by m_mueller on Wednesday December 12, 2018 @03:16AM (#18662235)
That’s also how I understand it, which seems to be supported by perf/watt numbers of Apple’s 2018 chips.
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