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by bogomipz 2950 days ago
>"Intel produces 10nm mobile CPUs which corresponds to 7nm process of other manufacturers."

Can you say what's the reason for this differential?

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The node sizes listed aren't consistent. There's no standard, so 10nm for Intel isn't 10nm for TSMC. It doesn't mean that the transistors are 10nm,just the smallest feature. Since everyone measures this differently, it's effectively just a marketing number.
From reading these threads previously, the answer is generally 'marketing'.