TSMC says it will have its N3 node in the second half of 2022

Stefan Mileschin · 28th October 2021, 08:37

Onwards to N4 by the year end

TSMC has said that its N3 node, which will provide more of a technological leap than N4, will go into volume production in the second half of 2022.

The announcements were made at a TSMC house event, the 2021 Online OIP Ecosystem Forum.

It looks like N3 will offer customers the kind of performance improvements they might hope for from a major node jump, though the speed improvement will be at the low-end of TSMC’s projected aspirations from last year

The foundry highlighted the participation of its EDA partners in helping to support the N3 node, to assure eager chip designers that the tools to design and test ICs for N3 will be ready and available.

L.C. Lu, TSMC’s vice president of its design and technology platform, presented the details about the company’s updated manufacturing capabilities. N4, the “easy migration path from N5”, will start volume production this year, and provide a six per cent decrease in die area. It is, as it was intended and advertised to be, a modest shrink.

https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...d-half-of-2022

28th October 2021, 08:37	#1
Stefan Mileschin [M] Reviewer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Romania Posts: 153,575	TSMC says it will have its N3 node in the second half of 2022 Onwards to N4 by the year end TSMC has said that its N3 node, which will provide more of a technological leap than N4, will go into volume production in the second half of 2022. The announcements were made at a TSMC house event, the 2021 Online OIP Ecosystem Forum. It looks like N3 will offer customers the kind of performance improvements they might hope for from a major node jump, though the speed improvement will be at the low-end of TSMC’s projected aspirations from last year The foundry highlighted the participation of its EDA partners in helping to support the N3 node, to assure eager chip designers that the tools to design and test ICs for N3 will be ready and available. L.C. Lu, TSMC’s vice president of its design and technology platform, presented the details about the company’s updated manufacturing capabilities. N4, the “easy migration path from N5”, will start volume production this year, and provide a six per cent decrease in die area. It is, as it was intended and advertised to be, a modest shrink. https://fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardwar...d-half-of-2022

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