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Samsung’s 2nd-Gen 3nm Process Only Achieves 20% Yield, Far from Expectations
Bad news for Samsung and its customers. Its second-generation 3nm GAA manufacturing process is underperforming and does not yet appear to be a viable option for large-scale chip manufacturing. Underperformance Continues to Affect Samsung’s 3nm Process If it was already being said that Samsung had lost important clients such as…
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TSMC’s 2nm Chip Demand Surpasses All Previous Nodes
TSMC is seeing skyrocketing demand for its upcoming 2nm node, outpacing its successful 5nm and 3nm processes. The 2nm node is already in higher demand than its predecessors, reflecting the growing need for advanced semiconductors. 2nm Technology’s Impact on the Industry TSMC said that the demand for our 2nm node…
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TSMC 3nm Process Aims For 250m Transistors Per mm2
Given that we’ve only really seen the 7nm node design platform for around a year now (technically, on a consumer level, with the launch of the short-lived AMD Radeon VII GPU) we’re clearly more than a few years away from seeing our first 3nm release. In a report via TechPowerUp,…
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TSMC Move Up 3nm ‘Ready’ Date to 2022
With the launch of the AMD Radeon VII earlier this year, we got our first look at the 7nm node design technology which has been utilized further by Team Red with the launch of the 3rd-generation Ryzen processors and most recently the Radeon 5700 (and XT) graphics cards. With one…
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TSMC Cleared to Start New 3nm Fab in Taiwan
TSMC Approved To Build New 3nm Fab To keep up with increasing demand, all the silicon manufacturers are expanding their operations. As one of the leading third-party fab, TSMC is seeing a lot of new business. Furthermore, in order to keep up with customer demands, the Taiwanese firm is building a number of…
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TSMC to Decide Where to Build $16.41B Chip Plant Next Year
TSMC is a major player in the chipmaking business and as we reported a few months ago, they are looking to build new fabrication plants for their 5nm and 3nm process nodes but apparently the decision on whether to build it in the US is still up in the air.…
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TSMC On-Track for 5-nanometre Chips by 2019
While TSMC is following an aggressive roadmap for 7nm in 2017, the world’s largest contract chipmaker will also soon begin to make cutting edge 5-nanometre chips in small quantities by the first half of 2019, according to Co-Chief Executive Mark Liu. Speaking to attendants at a recent TSMC supplier meeting,…
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TSMC To Spend $15.7 Billion on new 3nm and 5nm Fabs
Despite the increasing difficulties, semiconductor fabs have continued to push the limits of silicon. After arriving at 14nm and now moving onto 10nm, investment is already kicking off onto even smaller nodes. TSMC, one of the few remaining fabs in the business, has just announced a massive new infrastructure project.…
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