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So... with all those obvious advantages of using a refined glass substrate, why didn't we use it in the first place?
My thoughts exactly!
Today's most advanced microprocessors have components just a few nanometers across, and precious few companies can produce these chips. Taiwan's TSMC owns the lion's share of the market, but Samsung is running in a distant second. The runner-up's next big chip evolution might help it gain some ground, though. Early details of Samsung's upcoming 1.4nm process node suggest future Samsung chips will offer a significant boost to power and efficiency.
Jeong Gi-Tae, vice president of Samsung Foundry, has offered up a general roadmap that could bring the company to parity with TSMC. Currently, Samsung's foundry offers 5nm (also known as SF5) manufacturing for a variety of chips. It can also manufacture 4nm and 3nm chips, but it appears Samsung only offers this technology for low-power embedded systems. Next year, Samsung will spin up a proper SF3 platform, offering customers 3nm chips with various options. However, we might not see many 3nm Samsung chips right away. Google's rumored 2024 Tensor G4 is rumored to be based on Samsung's 4nm (SF4) tech.
https://www.extremetech.com/computing/i ... everywhere
In September, Intel officially unveiled its first disaggregated PC architecture, codenamed Meteor Lake. The company stated it would be arriving on Dec. 14, and now Intel has added a name to the event: AI everywhere. We previously knew the company would be leaning heavily on this feature in its pitch to consumers, but now it appears to be the core subject matter of the launch. Intel is not alone on this bandwagon, as Lenovo just held its annual event with the tagline, "AI for all."
I guess this might improve performance by 50% at the same power requirements on the same fabrication node (transistor size)? Possibly even more? Pat Gelsinger already talked on stage about using glass.