Wednesday, June 28th 2023

TSMC Said to Start Construction of 1.4 nm Fab in 2026

According to Taiwanese media, TSMC will start production of its first 1.4 nm fab in 2026, with chip production in the fab said to start sometime in 2027 or 2028. The new fab will be located in Longtan Science Park outside of Hsinchu in Taiwan, where many of TSMC's current fabs are located. TSMC is currently constructing a 2 nm and below node R&D facility at a nearby plot of land to where the new fab is expected to be built. This facility is expected to be finished in 2025 and TSMC has been allocated a total area of just over 158 hectares of land for future expansion in the area.

In related news, TSMC is expected to be charging US$25,000 per 2 nm GAA wafer, which is an increase of about a fifth compared to its 3 nm wafers which are going for around US$20,000. This is largely due to the nodes being fully booked and TSMC being able to charge a premium for its cutting edge nodes. TSMC is also expanding in CoWoS packaging facilities due to increased demand from both AMD and NVIDIA for AI related products. Currently TSMC is said to be able to output 12,000 CoWoS wafers per month and this is twice as much as last year, yet TSMC is unable to meet demand from its customers.
Sources: @dnystedt (on Twitter), @dnystedt (on Twitter), @dnystedt (on Twitter)
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8 Comments on TSMC Said to Start Construction of 1.4 nm Fab in 2026

#1
Prima.Vera
1.4nm for TSMC is more like real 3 or 4 nm. That value is just a marketing number so they can boost their sales. Even intel caught up with that...
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#2
R0H1T
Well at least they're getting there, unlike Intel who just love to do fake powerpoint slides :slap:

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TheLostSwede
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Prima.Vera1.4nm for TSMC is more like real 3 or 4 nm. That value is just a marketing number so they can boost their sales. Even intel caught up with that...
And Intel's Ångström is not marketing?
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#4
Gungar
Prima.Vera1.4nm for TSMC is more like real 3 or 4 nm. That value is just a marketing number so they can boost their sales. Even intel caught up with that...
What do you mean real? the size of the different component on the 3nm process are way bigger than that, around 18nm.
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#5
TumbleGeorge
GungarWhat do you mean real? the size of the different component on the 3nm process are way bigger than that, around 18nm.
Bigger
Process Gate pitch Metal pitch Year
5 nm 51 nm 30 nm 2020
3 nm 48 nm 24 nm 2022
2 nm 45 nm 20 nm 2024?

First column is marketing numbers
From Wikipedia.
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#6
Wirko
Just add 30.

That's how you get real nanometres from marketing nanometres.

It's just a rule of thumb but it remains useful for quick calculations down to zero point zero.
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#7
NeuralNexus
TheLostSwedeAnd Intel's Ångström is not marketing?
It absolutely is!
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#8
Scrizz
TheLostSwedeAnd Intel's Ångström is not marketing?
That's what they said by saying:
Even intel caught up with that...
:laugh:
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