I think the biggest improvement in this report can be made regarding Appendix D. The authors describe that they use “process size rather than transistor size” which is, as they correctly note, a made-up number. What should be used instead is transistor density (transistors per area), which is readily available in much detail for many past nodes, and the most recent “5nm” nodes (see e.g., wikichip).
I think the biggest improvement in this report can be made regarding Appendix D. The authors describe that they use “process size rather than transistor size” which is, as they correctly note, a made-up number. What should be used instead is transistor density (transistors per area), which is readily available in much detail for many past nodes, and the most recent “5nm” nodes (see e.g., wikichip).