I work at an automotive-related tech firm so in principle this looks great and useful. I do think the design could be simpler, more like old reddit or HN, to maximize the amount of information presented to the user. There also appears to be a moderation problem, especially on the current top post, so I can't really share it with colleagues yet ;)
For those viewing this in the future after this has (hopefully) been fixed, it's one user spamming comments with exactly the slur you'd expect a dozen times.
For processes >= 40nm, the number is the gate length of the transistor. For smaller processes, the number is (approximately) the equivalent gate length that would result in the same transistor density (transistors per mm^2) as if the gate length had been reduced to that size, assuming everything else was scaled proportionately.
The trick is, not everything else scaled proportionately. The gate lengths (mostly) stopped shrinking at around 34nm but other things kept shrinking, so the overall transistor density kept going up.
(And that assumes planar transistors. Things like FinFET or nanowire which make the transistor structure 3d instead of 2d further disconnect the gate length from the achievable density.)
> Historically, the process node name referred to a number of different features of a transistor including the gate length as well as M1 half-pitch. Most recently, due to various marketing and discrepancies among foundries, the number itself has lost the exact meaning it once held. Recent technology nodes such as 22 nm, 16 nm, 14 nm, and 10 nm refer purely to a specific generation of chips made in a particular technology. It does not correspond to any gate length or half pitch. Nevertheless, the name convention has stuck and it's what the leading foundries call their nodes.
One could speculate that Lexus owners are more likely to be able to afford the upgrade than with other makes. I'm a bit surprised that other moderately high end brands like Tesla don't do the same.
One can find many of those films on YouTube to rent for $2.99-$3.99, which is cheaper than Blockbuster used to be (adjusted for inflation) and much more convenient.
To be clear: I love this business model. This is how I watch films for the most part. But while lots of films are available this way, just as many are not. And many of these are not some obscure indie film - they are acclaimed mid-to-high budget Hollywood films that, for no good reason, are trapped in IP purgatory.
