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hellhoundtheone t1_j07oers wrote

Reply to comment by swisstraeng in Japan to Manufacture 2nm Chips With a Little Help From IBM by Avieshek

Are you saying they can produce 2 NM Chips but that doesn’t mean those chips are great ?

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MuhCrea t1_j07q1st wrote

He's saying a 2nm chip doesn't actually measure as 2nm

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rgpmtori t1_j08a9pa wrote

Normally nm means nano meter, it used to be very important to have smaller and smaller sizes for a variety of reasons which improved speed of computers. Ability to produce chips at a smaller nm meant drastic performance improvements like 15 years ago

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Sirisian t1_j07zhey wrote

Just to be clear the nodes do refer to upgrades generally. So both speed and power usage gains. Just as things get closer to literally buildings with atoms the terminology falls apart. The small structures are 3D arrangements, so one measurement doesn't capture things anyway. Back when things were larger (like a decade ago) it made a lot more sense.

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