Processor Lithography

[Iamdag]

Hello to Linus, Luke and the tech tips crew.

I tried to find more details but did not succeed about the processor's lithography. I am curious about what or how does that number affects performance so if you guys could make a video about it i would appreciate it a lot. Also if anybody has info it would also help just that i prefer to watch a video instead of reading now its ok both ways as long as i get the right information.

Thank you,

David.

[blu4]

 

Hello to Linus, Luke and the tech tips crew.

I tried to find more details but did not succeed about the processor's lithography. I am curious about what or how does that number affects performance so if you guys could make a video about it i would appreciate it a lot. Also if anybody has info it would also help just that i prefer to watch a video instead of reading now its ok both ways as long as i get the right information.

Thank you,

David.

 

It this what you're after?

 

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[SImoHayha]

 

Hello to Linus, Luke and the tech tips crew.

I tried to find more details but did not succeed about the processor's lithography. I am curious about what or how does that number affects performance so if you guys could make a video about it i would appreciate it a lot. Also if anybody has info it would also help just that i prefer to watch a video instead of reading now its ok both ways as long as i get the right information.

Thank you,

David.

 

 

Lithography basically is the size of the die of the CPU. The smaller it is the less heat output and more efficient compared to larger size CPU's.

[Bob Jim]

A processor's lithography is measured in nanometres(nm). It is the size of a single transistor on the die of the processor (a transistor is pretty much the most crucial component of a CPU). Because processors can have billions of these transitors, size is important. Theoretically, the smaller they get, the more power efficient they get, and more can be fitted into a single processor, meaning more performance (although performance does NOT scale directly with lithography).

[Bob Jim]

Lithography basically is the size of the die of the CPU. The smaller it is the less heat output and more efficient compared to larger size CPU's.

No... It is the size of a single transistor on the die.

[Iamdag]

Thank you all for the responses so far but still i am not so sure about what to pick in the future for a cheap workstation. i am doing mainly low poly 3d art in blender and gimp so i wont be needing a quadro video card since the features that it has are unlocked in 3ds max and similar products that i don't afford money for the licenses at the moment. I was thinking to get a fx 9590 or something a bit lower form the same series but it has about 1.2 billion transistors so if those little guys affect performance then intel's latest generation (skylake or even ivy bridge) would be better for that just that intel's is trying to force a video card down your throat even if you have a dedicated one ( i don't like that ). What are your guys opinions and suggestions?