Friday, June 4th 2021
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TSMC 4nm Production Hit By... A Full Quarter Advance?
Here's something that has been sorely missing from tech news: good news. It seems that TSMC's development on the 4 nm manufacturing process is running better than anticipated by the company itself, which has prompted for a full quarter advancement for the test production on TSMC's next miniaturization level. Previously scheduled for test production starting on 4Q 2021, TSMC has announced that it has now moved test production to 3Q 2021.
This could mean an equivalent - or perhaps even better - reduction in volume production and time-to-market, but it's anyone's guess at this point. As notably difficult and onerous as semiconductor development is, problems are more likely to appear than not. 4 nm is expected to bring respectable improvements to the PPA equation for semiconductors over 5 nm - however, TSMC still hasn't disclosed expected gains.
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TSMC
This could mean an equivalent - or perhaps even better - reduction in volume production and time-to-market, but it's anyone's guess at this point. As notably difficult and onerous as semiconductor development is, problems are more likely to appear than not. 4 nm is expected to bring respectable improvements to the PPA equation for semiconductors over 5 nm - however, TSMC still hasn't disclosed expected gains.
49 Comments on TSMC 4nm Production Hit By... A Full Quarter Advance?
zm (zeptometer)
ym (Yoctometer)
PL (Planck length, widely considered to be the smallest measure of distance, equal to about 1.6 x 10-35m.)
then comes No.Sm.TT...... as in No Smaller than this, hehehe :)
The next full node is N3.
Real nm if Intel "10nm" process would be like 12nm:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10_nm_process
TSMC's "7nm" process is closer to 12nm too:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_nm_process
And from all manufacturers Samsung lies the most about actual nms. Their 5nm process is likely 12-14nm.
In 2021 Apple+Qualcomm+Broadcom+Mediatek was exactly 50%.
I'd say on par with intel 10nm ?