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TSMC revealing details about next gen A14 node

129 points · 56 comments · osnium123

  1. aurareturn · · focus · HN ↗
    Chip density increase is slowing down. Since N10, density scaling has been 60-80%. N3 to N2 is only 20%. And now N2 to A14 is also only 20%.
    1. davnicwil · · focus · HN ↗
      20% growth then 20% again still seems pretty good to me though. I guess compounded that is a 44% increase N3 to A14 which also starts to look much better if you zoom out a bit. I mean 44% more density since a few years ago seems, if not massive, not insignificant, like you will definitely notice it.
      1. aurareturn · · focus · HN ↗
        Yes but it takes 8 years to have the same scaling as 2 years before.
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