Stefan Mileschin

3nm process begins

Samsung has launched its 3nm gate-all-around transistor (GAAFET) process with the aim of stealing the march on TSMC.

Samsung’s 3nm process is the industry’s first commercial production process node using gate-all-around transistor (GAAFET) technology, so the announcement is a major milestone for the field of silicon lithography.

The company is not disclosing the specific version of the node used here, but this is likely to be the initial 3GAE process. According to Samsung, the line will initially be used to produce chips for “high performance, low power computing”, with mobile processors to come later. Early process nodes are reserved for the company’s internal use so we are not seeing any 3nm chips but it is only a matter of time.

https://fudzilla.com/news/55076-sams...es-gaafet-tech