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Re:Intel expands Oregon Fab building; 18A Node now 2024 by Arubis on Sunday August 07, 2022 @11:19AM (#32377153)
Nanometer process indicators long ago became more marketing than reality. I was hoping (irrationally, it seems) that when we got down past integer nm readings we’d just let the terminology float, and go to version numbers or something.

Alas, the false geometries march on down to the next unit.

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Re:Intel expands Oregon Fab building; 18A Node now 2024 by cyanydeez on Sunday August 07, 2022 @12:09PM (#32377534)
Let's be real: half of the drivers in computer tech involve numbers that have dubious isolated value: 144hz monitors; gigahertz processors; number of cores; and now process scales.

Once the first few cycles hook into a number it becomes a marketing gimic to sell next year's version.

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