• lnxtx@feddit.nl
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    2 days ago

    Do 7 nm chips are more energy intensive than older 100 nm?
    Or it’s just scale, more chips to manufacture, more energy needed.

    • n3m37h@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Cutting edge chips consume more electricity to manufacture as there are a crapload more steps than older fabs. All chips are made on the same size silicon wafers regardless of the fabrication process.

      Gamers Nexus has some good videos about chip manufacturing if you are interested

    • Valmond@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Older chips definitely consume more watt per processor power, newer are usually better on top of that too.

      Talking about usage, not construction.