It's happening - IBM 7nm chip

[jxu]

I still have 22nm... this is cool, article http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/07/i...d-silicon/ 

However this is only a concept chip, and of course there are complications http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?pidd...e_number=1 


I can't believe they've pulled it off though. It uses extreme ultraviolet lithography; just the name sounds like future

[newomaster]

*heavy breathing* 

*Moore sighs in relief for a while longer*

[Iceglade]

holy shit this is like 5 years early

[jxu]

Not ready until 2017/2018 at earliest, but still concept chip has already been made

[TSO]

Wait, isn't it 10 years early? How does moore's law work, again?

[Legofreak]

Wait, isn't it 10 years early? How does moore's law work, again?

Transistor density doubles every 2 years

[TSO]

okay... and the density of 22nm is... uhh... 484nm^2 per tansistor... and 7nm square is 49nm^2 per transistor and that's like 9.9 times more dense... and that's 6 years, and the 22 nm litography was first introduced in 2008... so... it should be available by 2014. ...wait, no, intel first shipped ivy bridge in 2011... so that means 2017 for 7nm lithography on cpu architectures. Seems like we're right on track to me, if not even a little behind.