TSMC says its 4nm chip process is on track for risk production at end of 2021 and mass production in 2022, 3nm is expected in H2 2022, and 2nm is in development
Human DNA is about 2.5 nanometers in diameter. TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the world's largest and most important semiconductor foundry - will soon release 3 nanometer production facilities, with 2 nanometer in research. https://www.anandtech.com/...
It's hard to even fathom the level of precision technology at work here. This feat of engineering is “wonder of the world” level. Are we going into the picometers this decade!? https://twitter.com/...
The piece this week is on TSMC's increasingly-bonkers business model that goes hand in hand with that technical infrastructure. To stay ahead, TSMC now has to spend tens of billions a year on just a few factories stuffed with high-tech tools https://www.economist.com/...
1/ “80% of TSMC's $30 billion capital budget this year will be technologies, such as 3nm, 4nm/5nm, and 6nm/7nm. N5 capacity to 110,000 ~ 120,000 wafer starts per month (WSPM) by the end of the year.” https://www.anandtech.com/...