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Re:TSMC: 3nm EUV Development Progress Going Well by JohnJamesRambo on Saturday September 21, 2019 @02:27AM (#21033845)
Why do we all go along with this charade? It’s so silly and unscientific. Why can’t we just call the things correctly?
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Re:TSMC: 3nm EUV Development Progress Going Well by imtringued on Saturday September 21, 2019 @05:18AM (#21034309)
It is the same reason why we use millimeters of steel as a measurement of the armor performance of tanks even though they use composites of different materials.

Because it is easier to compare two numbers even if they are meaningless in reality.

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Re:TSMC: 3nm EUV Development Progress Going Well by madez on Saturday September 21, 2019 @05:59AM (#21034420)
It would be better to stay quiet instead of comparing things incorrectly.
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Re:TSMC: 3nm EUV Development Progress Going Well by gameswithgo on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:21AM (#21035218)
there is no correct single number to use
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Re:TSMC: 3nm EUV Development Progress Going Well by dooglius on Saturday September 21, 2019 @09:53AM (#21035382)
SRAM density is a pretty good single meaningful number
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