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It's worth noting that node size refers to very different things between different manufacturers, we have very little idea about whats different/similar between TSMC/Samsung/Glofo/Intel's '10nm' nodes.

It's very possible that TSMC and Samsung are using a less technically challenging (and potentially less technically capable) definition of 10nm than Intel.

Or, it could be that TSMC and Samsung are actually technically ahead of Intel.




Yep, that's a fair point. In particular, because Intel isn't actually shipping anything at 10nm, all we have to go off of is their marketing material for what 10nm means.


I wonder if Intel will try a nanometer war and give new nicknames to size.




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