TSMC ready to start production of 5nm chips

11 March 2020
The capacity of the factory is already full so TSMC isn't taking any more orders.

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Anonymous, 12 Mar 2020Can't be long before C hina starts making the equipment to ... morewhich is bad?

    Future Leader, 12 Mar 2020Next major fabrication going be on 2nm through moree's law ... moreI read it here, its talk only but its here.

    https://www.notebookcheck.net/Intel-s-upcoming-6nm-and-3nm-Xe-GPUs-to-be-built-by-TSMC-following-the-10nm-debacle.456507.0.html

      IronTed, 12 Mar 2020Yup, how you know?It's been the same for like 3 years in a row.

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        • 12 Mar 2020

        Can't be long before C hina starts making the equipment to make chips to rid itself of dependence of the US for that.

          Abhi-Darth-Plagueis, 12 Mar 2020There's talk that even Intel, which had traditionally relie... moreNext major fabrication going be on 2nm through moree's law
          I would like to see the source

            FapPhone, 12 Mar 2020Can't wait to see Apple A14, Snapdragon 875, and Kirin 1020... moreHahaha how shameless you are commenting here with a different name.. Samsung is also ready to production 5nm chipset.. Today's news.. Educate yourself rather than wasting your time here

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              • 12 Mar 2020

              AnonD-732843, 12 Mar 2020Many OEM's deserve the shame tag be attached to them though... moreDon’t compare Apple to orange they own there OS and hardware.

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                • 12 Mar 2020

                FapPhone, 12 Mar 2020It's because you've never touched or tried phones with the ... moreExactly it's only the last two exynos that fell behind. And while they fell behind they definitely still performed like flagship chips. Just not the best obviously.
                So leading for 8 out of 11 is not bad at all. And that only being behind for numbers 9 and 10, and on par with number 11 they are ok.
                And it was 2 obvious main reasons why those two fell behind. And if you don't know the main reason out of those two about the transition up new custom ground up large cores then you don't know much about the chips or stories to comment on them...

                  There's talk that even Intel, which had traditionally relied on its own chip-fabs (because they frankly 'were' ultimate leaders in the space and enjoyed unimpeded Monopoly), is considering TSMC's 6 nm and the next 3nm process for future Xe/DG Graphics cards.

                  All in all, good going TSMC. Nice job.

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                    • 12 Mar 2020

                    AnonD-732843, 12 Mar 2020Many OEM's deserve the shame tag be attached to them though... moreIt's because you've never touched or tried phones with the respective chipsets. And not to mention Crappynos throttles too easily under load and has weak image processing (for camera shots). Kirin has improved a lot in Huawei P30. Apple stepped up the game in iPhone XR/XS lineup with its A12 chipset. Snapdragon has been better with SD835. Samsung used to lead the pack years ago until Exynos 8995 in the S8. Nowadays Exynos is rubbish. Exynos 9810 was a huge dissapointment. 9820 improved, but still not there yet.

                      dude111, 11 Mar 2020So, like 70% Apple, 15% QC, 10% Huawei and 5% everyone else... moreYup, how you know?

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                        • 12 Mar 2020

                        FapPhone, 12 Mar 2020Can't wait to see Apple A14, Snapdragon 875, and Kirin 1020... moreMany OEM's deserve the shame tag be attached to them though Samsung doesn't deserve it as much as you imply.

                        Crapple isn't perfect, Shamedragon isn't perfect, Kirin and Exynos aren't perfect either though all excel in some particular field(s) and the key would be to gather their strong points and combine them into 1 for the ultimate cutting-edge solution resulting in them all feeling the need to properly innovate because of actual shame.

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                          • 12 Mar 2020

                          Not a single mention of how yields improved and how much of a reduction in wasted ( defective ) product is manufactured which by the way is non-reusable from an environmental and sustainability standpoint..

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                            FapPhone, 12 Mar 2020Can't wait to see Apple A14, Snapdragon 875, and Kirin 1020... moretrue bro but here in U.S Samsung is Snapdragon version so i don't worry about Samsung's Exynos.. over all Apple and Snapdragon have better GPUs compared to Kirin and Exynos.

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                              • 12 Mar 2020

                              TimNZ, 11 Mar 2020Currently the smallest possible transistor is about 12 atom... moreThats if 5nm actually 5nm nit based on 7nm dies.

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                                • 12 Mar 2020

                                Can't wait to see Apple A14, Snapdragon 875, and Kirin 1020 to smoke Crappynos by Shamesung.

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                                  Anonymous, 11 Mar 2020I wonder how far we can push transistor sizes - soon we lit... moreCurrently the smallest possible transistor is about 12 atoms wide I think. It's made of a single molecule of phthalocyanine. But that is the limit so far.

                                    So, like 70% Apple, 15% QC, 10% Huawei and 5% everyone else during this year?

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                                      • 11 Mar 2020

                                      Its nice to know that technology is advanced everyday forr better performance and minimise power consumption, but in case for mobile devices need a better technology to be built...because the screens of this devices still old kind of tech ideology that consume lot of battery power whenever this devices are turned on.

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                                        • 11 Mar 2020

                                        I wonder how far we can push transistor sizes - soon we literally have transistors the size of an atom.