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Is there still a relationship in regards to reduction of power consumption with smaller feature sizes?


Yes, smaller transistors are more power efficient.


The number of transistors grows faster than the power efficiency though, so the percentage of unused silicon (aka dark silicon) increases as you go smaller but keep the die size the same.




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