Normally nm means nano meter, it used to be very important to have smaller and smaller sizes for a variety of reasons which improved speed of computers. Ability to produce chips at a smaller nm meant drastic performance improvements like 15 years ago
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Normally nm means nano meter, it used to be very important to have smaller and smaller sizes for a variety of reasons which improved speed of computers. Ability to produce chips at a smaller nm meant drastic performance improvements like 15 years ago