Tuesday, January 14th 2025
TSMC Reportedly Ahead of Schedule with 2 nm Trial Production at Kaohsiung Fab
TSMC is reportedly making decent progress with its advanced 2 nm (N2) node—industry news pieces from earlier this month pointed to the initiation of production lines across three fabrication sites. Taiwan's Economic Daily News has kept close tabs on these trial runs—insiders have indicated that TSMC's Kaohsiung plant is capable of matching the Baoshan location's targeted manufacturing output (5000 wafers per month, 60 percent yield). Reports suggest that the Kaohsiung 2 nm trial production will start up later this month—much earlier than anticipated.
The Taiwanese chip foundry giant is taking on the challenge of meeting "greater than expected" demand for its new generation 2 nm product—TSMC chairman C.C. Wei has previously stated that its latest and greatest is more popular (pre-launch) with customers than older 3 nm lines. Apple is rumored to be first in line—not a big surprise since TSMC has (supposedly) rolled out the VVIP red carpet for them in recent times. The Economic Daily News article also mentions Qualcomm and MediaTek being next in the queue for N2. TSMC's best foundries are expected to initiate mass production by the end of 2025.
Sources:
Wccftech, Economic Daily News TW
The Taiwanese chip foundry giant is taking on the challenge of meeting "greater than expected" demand for its new generation 2 nm product—TSMC chairman C.C. Wei has previously stated that its latest and greatest is more popular (pre-launch) with customers than older 3 nm lines. Apple is rumored to be first in line—not a big surprise since TSMC has (supposedly) rolled out the VVIP red carpet for them in recent times. The Economic Daily News article also mentions Qualcomm and MediaTek being next in the queue for N2. TSMC's best foundries are expected to initiate mass production by the end of 2025.
7 Comments on TSMC Reportedly Ahead of Schedule with 2 nm Trial Production at Kaohsiung Fab
You will need the planned obsolescence in order to force people to upgrade, or other functions - better cameras, more storage / memory, larger screens, higher resolution, etc.
they cant keep releasing a product leaping with 2x improvement over previous gen
display already 120hz, camera sensor reach 200mp(even not much different to 50mp), mainboard get stacked, just look at how small logic/main-board on latest phone, some maker switch battery tech to silicone battery to give extra energy density
the tech advancement/evolution isnt that fast afterall