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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by kbumsik on Monday October 28, 2019 @10:43PM (#21383870)
> GlobalFoundries' 7 nm process is similar to Intel's 10 nm process. TSMC and Samsung's 10 nm processes are only slightly denser than Intel's 14 nm in transistor density. They are actually much closer to Intel's 14 nm process than they are to Intel's 10 nm process.

Where can I get the source? I often see someone saying "X's process is better than Y's" but they never leave any links. I would like to know any credible source on the semiconductor manufacturing.

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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by segfaultbuserr on Monday October 28, 2019 @10:51PM (#21383908)
The main source is WikiChip. It appears that the wiki is edited by the people who work in the industry and has a lot of information that seems to be fairly reliable. Unfortunately, it rarely has in-line citation to its primary sources, but still a good source.

Read,

* 14 nm lithography process

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/14_nm_lithography_process

* 10 nm lithography process

https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/10_nm_lithography_process

Other sources include:

* Life at 10nm. (Or is it 7nm?) And 3nm Views on Advanced Silicon Platforms

https://www.eejournal.com/article/life-at-10nm-or-is-it-7nm-...

* A Brief History of Process Node Evolution

https://www.design-reuse.com/articles/43316/a-brief-history-...

* 14nm, 7nm, 5nm: How low can CMOS go? It depends if you ask the engineers or the economists…

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/184946-14nm-7nm-5nm-ho...

* Is Intel Really Starting To Lose Its Process Lead? 7nm Node Slated For Release in 2022

https://wccftech.com/intel-losing-process-lead-analysis-7nm-...

You get dig deeper using these links.

And don't ask me why I'm just copy & paste Wikipedia citations. I added those citations...

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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by grandmczeb on Monday October 28, 2019 @10:56PM (#21383935)
Chipwiki has some numbers[1] sourced from industry presentations, but unfortunately foundries usually prohibit publishing direct comparisons with reference designs. As a result there's a lot of "folk knowledge" that is commonly known by insiders but doesn't have a public source.

[1] E.g. their 7nm page https://en.wikichip.org/wiki/7_nm_lithography_process

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