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poqpoq t1_ixv36gf wrote

Reply to comment by Shuber-Fuber in Taiwan's TSMC founder says 3nm fab will be built in US by jussulent_tummy

So at some point with this convention will we use negative nm? Or will we just drop to 0.9nm 0.8nm etc?

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jared555 t1_ixv9zzo wrote

Picometers would be the next logical step which means they probably won't use it.

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poqpoq t1_ixvc3n0 wrote

Yeah that was why I was wondering about stuff like 0.9nm. Pm won’t be recognizable to consumers and consumers will be confused that it’s a larger number.

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kyler000 t1_ixvsf1y wrote

To be fair, most consumers don't care about the size. They just want a computer/phone that's fast.

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jared555 t1_ixvdlig wrote

Looks like the last time they had to worry about it was around the 386->486 transition.

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glamdivitionen t1_ixwkbau wrote

Nah, we'll probably leave meters altogether and switch to Ångströms pretty soon.

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