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Re: Japan’s GMO Plans to Sell 7nm Bitcoin Mining Boards Using Token Sale
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NotFuzzyWarm
on 25/01/2018, 03:25:19 UTC
⭐ Merited by Khurram Bin Kamal (1)
Still just pie-in-the-sky PR to raise monies via their token sales.
Some recent insight re: 10nm and lower nodes. Pay attention to the parts about the cost and number of masks/steps needed when using non-EUV light sources.

Current node size points and costs

*can* 7nm be done without EUV?  A very cautious 'yes' if cost and production rates are no object but it will NOT be happening in this year before Q4. Otherwise 2019 is still a very safe guesstimate before any production-ready processes are starting up assuming the remaining hurdles to the EUV sources can be solved.