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Samsung, Apple soap opera drama: Korean giant WILL churn out chips for iPhones, iPads

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@Vic

Leakage tends to dominate at smaller nodes, especially in lower power devices. Hence the move to FinFET. The difference between a FinFET and non FinFET device of the exact same gate length is fairly large in the 14nm/16nm range. Making the fin taller/narrower helps even further, while not changing the measured gate length.

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