Nanometre (process node)
Türkçe: Nanometre (üretim düğümü)
The name of a chip manufacturing technology (for example 3 nm, 2 nm); today it works more as a marketing label than a real length.
// EXPLANATION
The node name used to describe gate length. It is now a label summarising gains in transistor density, speed and energy, and is not directly comparable between manufacturers. One nanometre is a billionth of a metre.
// ALSO KNOWN AS
nanometernanometreprocess node
// RELATED TERMS
Lithography (EUV)The process of printing circuit patterns onto silicon with light; EUV (extreme ultraviolet) at 13.5 nm wavelength makes the smallest structures possible.
GAAFET (gate-all-around)A next-generation transistor structure in which the gate surrounds the channel on all sides; the successor to FinFET, used in the 2 nm class.
TransistorThe semiconductor element that switches or amplifies current with a small voltage and is the basic building block of every digital chip.
ChipletA design approach that splits a processor into several small silicon dies combined in one package instead of one large die.
