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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by discordance on Monday October 28, 2019 @11:14PM (#21384000)
Is there still a relationship in regards to reduction of power consumption with smaller feature sizes?
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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by wmf on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @01:24AM (#21384430)
Yes, smaller transistors are more power efficient.
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Re:Intel: 10nm Product Era Has Begun, 7nm on Track by imtringued on Tuesday October 29, 2019 @07:52AM (#21386072)
The number of transistors grows faster than the power efficiency though, so the percentage of unused silicon (aka dark silicon) increases as you go smaller but keep the die size the same.
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