Vor said:
habam said:
Uhm X86 Chips in 4-6nm would actually work in a mobile form factor.
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As far as I know 5 nm or lower is hard to achieve with our current architecture.
At that scale quantum tunneling is expected to take effect so electron can randomly bypass the transistor and ignore it, making it unusable. We need to use quantum computer for anything at that scale.
And I doubt quantum computer is going to mass market anytime soon.
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Well, node sizes have become confusing with FinFET and other 3D technologies. They are more of marketing terms now than actual all-encompasisng sizes.
In any case, a 5nm chip has already been designed with newer technologies. TSMC is eying trials for 5nm in 2019 and mass production starting in 2020 with 3nm starting later. Samsung is gearing towards 4nm during the same timeframe.
But, yeah, big jumps in technology have become hader and more expensive with manfacturers slowing their adoption rates while they wait for more mature processes. Battery technology decidely remains the most difficult venture with solid-state batteries offering nothing but promises at the moment.
So, I would say that any hardware that would come sooner rather than later will need to rely on the 7nm process scheduled to start on a mass scale from next year.
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No stranger's wing shielded my face.
I stand as witness to the common lot,
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