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Insane engineering. The diameter of a silicon atom is about 0.2nm for context.
It’s also bullshit as it has no bearing on the actual properties of the chips. Manufacturers use these as product names. Here’s an article discussing it.
https://www.pcgamesn.com/amd/tsmc-7nm-5nm-and-3nm-are-just-numbers