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[tomi832]

from what I know, the more the Node (process technology) is smaller, the cheaper it is to make the same chip (with the same performance I mean)...so why the fuck for example is the 435 which is somewhat new, made in 28 nm when at his time the 820 came out with 14 nm?! it would have made the phones who were using it cheaper, consume less power and make less heat! who's working at there company that made this chips?!

[iRileyx]

The 435 lacks in performance and specs to the 820, so it's actually cheaper. Can pick up phones that use the 435 for £60(about $75) try and find one using an 820 for that price.

[tomi832]

2 minutes ago, RKRiley said:

The 435 lacks in performance and specs to the 820, so it's actually cheaper. Can pick up phones that use the 435 for £60(about $75) try and find one using an 820 for that price.

 

of course its cheaper than the 820, what I meant is that it would have been even cheaper if they used a smaller Node...

technically the 435 and the 820 are from the same series (since they came about together to the market), but they use different Nodes....

look at the PC market, the GT 1030 which costs 70 Dollars and has 16 nm node, uses the same Node that the GTX 1080 Ti uses and it costs 750 USD (700 MSRP)...and the 1030 is a bit more powerful, consumes way less and creates less heat than the GTX 750 Ti which his MSRP was about 150 dollars and it uses 28 nm process....so it would have been better for everybody if the 435 was using 14 nm like the rest since they could...it would have been cheaper, consume less power, create even less heat and at the same performance.

[tomi832]

47 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Sometime ago when 28nm was the meta, they had batches of flagship components that were partially defective and/or did not meet perf requirements.

They weren't scrapped.

 

It like how Intel sells failed i7's as i5 and i3. Except Intel can't save for later because architectural differences and behavior is a dead giveaway. Also mobo bioses chipsets won't be able to properly run say, a cut down version of a failed Ivy Bridge i7 when its a Skylake mobo.

maybe....and you mean a cut version (though I'm pretty sure that intel doesn't do that....if you really want to say about a series that Is based on a single [well, 2 CPUs] CPU is Ryzen, where's the R7 1800X and the R7 1700X and everything bellow them is a cut version of them...)

and OK I guess...could be, though it seems like they have to many failed products