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7nm != 7nm - there's a lot of variety between processes.

7nm on a (relatively) small ARM is also a different world to 7nm on a chip the size of the latest Intel's.

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Yep, for most intents and purposes, the "nm" race is mostly used for marketing akin to the "GHz" race back in the 90's and 00's.

See this presentation from Mark Bohr from Intel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ApWOf6J858Y

6.9B transistors doesn't look small by any standard to me..

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