← Back to context Comment by Aissen 2 years ago I wished we used the node names, like TSMC N4/N4P/N4X, because nanometers are meaningless. 17 comments Aissen Reply vonneumannstan 2 years ago Well in that context TSMC N4P tells you no more information than 4-nm does. nsxwolf 2 years ago No information, but at least it doesn't mislead into thinking there are 4nm transistors, or transistor gates, or some discrete feature of any sort that's that small. arnaudsm 2 years ago Are transistors per square mm a better metric ? greggsy 2 years ago I won’t be surprised if the US plants started referring to the 4NM nodes in their imperial form (1.575 × 10-7”) bee_rider 2 years ago Angstroms aren’t imperial, but they are non-SI, so if we want to be petty they’d probably be the way to go. _Algernon_ 2 years ago Scientific notation would be to logical. Instead they'll make a new tiny unit that subdivides the inch into 1/81975489347.7 of an inch. Dylan16807 2 years ago God yes. robertlagrant 2 years ago [flagged] dang 2 years ago "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html koakuma-chan 2 years ago Americans need to stop measuring things in feet :) huijzer 2 years ago Per square banana please. This is the internet. 4 replies → PittleyDunkin 2 years ago Bruh, you're never gonna be a good trad wife as a man. You're just not that pretty. stingraycharles 2 years ago As such I’m going to assume it’s the least impressive variant of 4NM.
vonneumannstan 2 years ago Well in that context TSMC N4P tells you no more information than 4-nm does. nsxwolf 2 years ago No information, but at least it doesn't mislead into thinking there are 4nm transistors, or transistor gates, or some discrete feature of any sort that's that small.
nsxwolf 2 years ago No information, but at least it doesn't mislead into thinking there are 4nm transistors, or transistor gates, or some discrete feature of any sort that's that small.
arnaudsm 2 years ago Are transistors per square mm a better metric ? greggsy 2 years ago I won’t be surprised if the US plants started referring to the 4NM nodes in their imperial form (1.575 × 10-7”) bee_rider 2 years ago Angstroms aren’t imperial, but they are non-SI, so if we want to be petty they’d probably be the way to go. _Algernon_ 2 years ago Scientific notation would be to logical. Instead they'll make a new tiny unit that subdivides the inch into 1/81975489347.7 of an inch. Dylan16807 2 years ago God yes. robertlagrant 2 years ago [flagged] dang 2 years ago "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html koakuma-chan 2 years ago Americans need to stop measuring things in feet :) huijzer 2 years ago Per square banana please. This is the internet. 4 replies → PittleyDunkin 2 years ago Bruh, you're never gonna be a good trad wife as a man. You're just not that pretty.
greggsy 2 years ago I won’t be surprised if the US plants started referring to the 4NM nodes in their imperial form (1.575 × 10-7”) bee_rider 2 years ago Angstroms aren’t imperial, but they are non-SI, so if we want to be petty they’d probably be the way to go. _Algernon_ 2 years ago Scientific notation would be to logical. Instead they'll make a new tiny unit that subdivides the inch into 1/81975489347.7 of an inch.
bee_rider 2 years ago Angstroms aren’t imperial, but they are non-SI, so if we want to be petty they’d probably be the way to go.
_Algernon_ 2 years ago Scientific notation would be to logical. Instead they'll make a new tiny unit that subdivides the inch into 1/81975489347.7 of an inch.
robertlagrant 2 years ago [flagged] dang 2 years ago "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html koakuma-chan 2 years ago Americans need to stop measuring things in feet :) huijzer 2 years ago Per square banana please. This is the internet. 4 replies → PittleyDunkin 2 years ago Bruh, you're never gonna be a good trad wife as a man. You're just not that pretty.
dang 2 years ago "Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
PittleyDunkin 2 years ago Bruh, you're never gonna be a good trad wife as a man. You're just not that pretty.
Well in that context TSMC N4P tells you no more information than 4-nm does.
No information, but at least it doesn't mislead into thinking there are 4nm transistors, or transistor gates, or some discrete feature of any sort that's that small.
Are transistors per square mm a better metric ?
I won’t be surprised if the US plants started referring to the 4NM nodes in their imperial form (1.575 × 10-7”)
Angstroms aren’t imperial, but they are non-SI, so if we want to be petty they’d probably be the way to go.
Scientific notation would be to logical. Instead they'll make a new tiny unit that subdivides the inch into 1/81975489347.7 of an inch.
God yes.
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"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents."
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
Americans need to stop measuring things in feet :)
Per square banana please. This is the internet.
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Bruh, you're never gonna be a good trad wife as a man. You're just not that pretty.
As such I’m going to assume it’s the least impressive variant of 4NM.