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TSMC’s 3nm chips will go on sale in 2023, and 2nm is just around the corner.
The graph shows that the Taiwanese chipmaker will introduce its advanced 3nm (N3) chips in the second half of this year, and will also introduce 2nm technology sometime in 2025. New technologies will be used to create advanced processors, GPUs, and SoCs.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) opened the TSMC 2022 technology symposium on Thursday, where the company unveiled its chip development timeline as well as future plans. The graph shows that the Taiwanese chipmaker will introduce its high-performance 3nm (N3) chips in the second half of this year, and will also reveal technology 2nm sometime in 2025. New technologies will make processors advanced GPUs and SoCs.
The 3nm nodes will consist of five 3nm class nodes named N3E, N3P, N3S and N3X. These N3 variants are purportedly capable of offering improved technology windows, increased performance, increased transistor density, and increased voltages for Applications super high performance. All of these technologies will use TSMC FINFLEX’s patented architectural innovation, which offers chip designers greater flexibility and allows them to precisely optimize chip performance, power consumption, and costs.
Such as AnandTech correctly points out, the N3 is made for brands such as Apple that could take advantage of the increased performance, power and area (PPA) provided by advanced nodes.
If we are talking about 2nm technology, it offers a marked improvement over the N3, with a 10-15% increase in speed at the same power, or a 25-30% decrease in power at the same speed, setting new standards in efficient performance. .
The N2 will ship with GAAFETs (Field Effect Transistors) to provide an overall improvement in node performance and power efficiency. The N2 technology platform will have a high-performance variant in addition to the basic version for mobile computing and comprehensive chipset integration solutions.
The first N3 chips are expected to enter production in the coming months and hit the market in the first quarter of 2023. The start of N2 production is scheduled for 2025.
The performance of Samsung’s 3nm process is still unknown
The biggest variable that cannot be known at this time is how good the output of a 3nm process might be. Samsung. 4nm process technology Samsung it has a really low profit margin and that is encouraging big customers to move to TSMC. According to industry reports, Samsung’s 3nm product yield is only around 10%, but Samsung has yet to confirm this.
The industry believes that large manufacturers such as Apple, AMD, NVIDIA, Qualcomm, Intel,e MediaTech will be TSMC’s main customers in the initial phase of 3nm mass production. Applications covering high-speed computing, smart phones and other fields.
TSMC claims that after mass production of the 3nm process in the second half of this year, it will become the leader in PPA (Performance, Power Consumption and Area) and technology transistor. You will also have a good rate of return. The brand is confident that the 3nm process technology will continue to win the trust of customers.
Besides TSMS also embarked on a more advanced 2nm layout. Trial production is expected to begin in 2024, with mass production scheduled for 2025. The brand is very optimistic that 2nm will become the industry-leading technology best suited to support customer growth.
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