[Noisebridge-discuss] HTC or Moto android?

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Corey McGuire <coreyfro at coreyfro.com> writes:

> In their defence, they are using a 40nm process where others are using
> a 45nm process.  So, potentially, all other things being equal, this
> MAY have comparable, if not better, power consumption than the A4 CPU
> and others.

just as a note, process shrinks don't always lead to lower power usage
as there is usually a change in 'leakage current' on the transistors
themselves.

tsmc (last i knew, nvidia's fab) probably has the kinks worked out of
their 40nm process by now, but they definitely had issues a little while
back. unless you're intel and can soak up the hit, you never want to be
the first in a new process :-)

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