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Re:Intel Announces 8 Core I9-9900KS: Every Core at 5Ghz, All... by akvadrako on Sunday May 26, 2019 @02:41PM (#20016614)
You can’t compare nm between vendors - it’s just marketing numbers.
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Re:Intel Announces 8 Core I9-9900KS: Every Core at 5Ghz, All... by throwaway2048 on Sunday May 26, 2019 @03:12PM (#20016805)
Not directly no, but the actual feature size and density of TSMC 7nm and Intel 10nm are comparable.
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Re:Intel Announces 8 Core I9-9900KS: Every Core at 5Ghz, All... by pkaye on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:25PM (#20018253)
What about die size?
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Re:Intel Announces 8 Core I9-9900KS: Every Core at 5Ghz, All... by wtallis on Sunday May 26, 2019 @08:02PM (#20018463)
Then you have to ensure you're comparing chips designed for the same market segment. Die size comparisons work well if you're talking about a Cortex-A53 on 16nm vs 12nm. It doesn't work as well when you're talking about a full SoC, or even a desktop CPU+GPU combo where core counts for both sides of the chip can vary greatly.
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Re:Intel Announces 8 Core I9-9900KS: Every Core at 5Ghz, All... by throwaway2048 on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:38PM (#20018329)
Die size is independent of process size, customers can order most any die size they want.
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