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[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

So we're soon at 3nm, when have we reached the limit of what's possible? An atom is 0.5nm?

[–] ono@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Although the so-called process node is still named in nanometres, it hasn't represented the actual transistor size in quite a while.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semiconductor_device_fabrication#Feature_size

[–] Sigmatics@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

the number of nanometers used to name process nodes (see the International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors) has become more of a marketing term that has no standardized relation with functional feature sizes or with transistor density (number of transistors per square millimeter).

Pretty interesting, thanks for that link