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I think the new standard is that it's ok to use a scaling factor as the new norm for naming a process generation. The problem is there is no accepted standard by which all processes are being compared to, so TSMC is applying their scaling factor to themself. So yes, it's a valid shrink of their own prior bogus claim. I use the term bogus if we compare their process designation to Intel's. The article makes the point that TSMC's 7nm process essentially brings them equal or only slightly ahead of Intel's 14nm although it doesn't go into any detail as to how that's measured.