yeah they rebranded them.
It was N7HPC and N5HPC until it wasn't.
yeah they rebranded them.N5X doesn't exist in TSMC's official roadmaps as far as I know, but a perf-oriented "N5HPC" was publicly mentioned years ago
N5X doesn't exist in TSMC's official roadmaps as far as I know, but a perf-oriented "N5HPC" was publicly mentioned years ago, so I guess it's basically the same thing?
Interesting that everyone seems to now accept that an enhancement to an existing process node is a new process node.Sure it does, its just that it is called N4X.
Not me. Until TSMC or Intel or other chips mfg has a new node, I don't.Interesting that everyone seems to now accept that an enhancement to an existing process node is a new process node.
Nodelets are a thing and they're whatever.Interesting that everyone seems to now accept that an enhancement to an existing process node is a new process node.
What do they lose? Are yields lower for the X nodes?X-stuff isn't pure enhancement per se, they're the nuclear option.
Leakage.What do they lose? Are yields lower for the X nodes?
leakageWhat do they lose?
So like a three-legged stool that you need to be level (balanced).Remember, it's a triangle. You get efficiency on one point, performance on the second, and density on the third. You can tweak the node to push out any vertex at the expense of one or both of the other two. The X nodes just push the performance vertex at the expense of density AND efficiency. This is a vast oversimplification, but it gets the point across.