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Message started by siddhartha .k on Apr 22^nd, 2010, 10:42am

Title: 55nm technology
Post by siddhartha .k on Apr 22^nd, 2010, 10:42am

Dear all,
Why 55nm technology is calld fullnode ..then what about half node..

Title: Re: 55nm technology
Post by love_analog on Apr 22^nd, 2010, 4:20pm

Incorrect..65nm is full node. The next full node is 1/sqrt(2) * 65nm=45nm

Title: Re: 55nm technology
Post by loose-electron on May 4^th, 2010, 7:12pm

where the parlance "technology node" comes from is something I am not aware of -

why the divide by sqrt(2) constitutes a "node" I would be curious.

This to me is more techno-geek slang than anything else.