And also goes some way to explaining why, despite TSMC offering a nominally 7nm process, the general consensus has been that Intel's 10nm design is pretty much analogous. But what's 3nm between fabs?

Capacity utilization rates for TSMC's 7nm process platform and its process variants N6, N7 have fallen below 50%, according to industry sources. Many IC design customers are cutting orders and ...

TSMC has been busy making 7nm wafers for a bunch of different companies over the years, and while you might not know it, you're probably using at least one product in your house that uses a chip ...

Apple supplier Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company has begun commercial production of chips manufactured using its advanced 7-nanometer process (via DigiTimes). One of the major customers ...

TSMC is celebrating a recent silicon milestone -- one billion 7nm chips manufactured. That's good die, not total manufacturing volume, and it's enough to cover more than 13 Manhattan blocks.

Things are much more complicated when you begin to peel layers away. Especially when it comes to 7nm, where TSMC will be using "10nm elements" in its 7nm note, which leads us to believe TSMC's ...

Continuing previous reports, the Commercial Times says that TSMC is ready to enter 7nm production with EUV this quarter. EUV stands for ‘extreme ultraviolet lithography’ and enables even more ...

TSMC plans to raise sub-7nm foundry quotes by 3-6% in 2024, while quotes for 16nm and above process manufacturing will remain stable, according to industry sources. Save my User ID and Password ...

One major problem China has is lack of access to ASML's EUV lithography machines, which it will need to go beyond 7nm. Credit: ASML TSMC launched its 7nm process in 2018 and is now in high-volume ...

TSMC's 2nm process node is cruising through development and is already showing better defect rates than 3nm and 7nm did at the same stage. According to Taiwanese outlet Ctee, the node now matches ...