From: grarpamp
https://www.parallella.org/2016/10/05/epiphany-v-a-1024-core-64-bit-risc-pro...
I am happy to report that we have successfully taped out a 1024-core
Epiphany-V RISC processor chip at 16nm. The chip has 4.5 Billion
transistors, which is 36% more transistors than Apple’s latest 4 core
A10 processor at roughly the same die size
I am very impressed. I can recall, when I worked for Intel for a couple years starting 1980, that the typical linewidth was about 3 microns, or about a factor of 200 larger than 16 nm! I wonder how the lithography is done. Is it EUV? (extreme ultraviolet)
Jim Bell