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Re:Chipmaking Is Being Redesigned by elihu on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:14PM (#25876961)
That's "mega-transistors" per mm^2?

Perhaps it would be better to go with "6502s per square millimeter" or something like that that would probably be a closer approximation of real-world density, since it accounts for wire routing and so forth.

SRAM density is sometimes used I think.

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Re:Chipmaking Is Being Redesigned by function_seven on Friday January 22, 2021 @06:23PM (#25877610)
Not folksy enough. Just like we use Libraries of Congress to measure information volume, we should rate our chips in terms of AGC/mm^2

(Apollo Guidance Computer)

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Re:Chipmaking Is Being Redesigned by smnrchrds on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:17AM (#25880365)
Well, I would be just glad that at least it's not AGC/sq in
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Re:Chipmaking Is Being Redesigned by amelius on Friday January 22, 2021 @05:46PM (#25877247)
Today's chips have many more layers of interconnect than the 6502. Also the aspect ratios of transistors are different.
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