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Given that TSMC just started high volume production of 7nm chips (https://www.anandtech.com/show/12677/tsmc-kicks-off-volume-production-of-7nm-chips https://www

• mc32 8y ago
  When intel says 10nm is that the same as TSMCs 10nm, or, is TSMCs 7nm the same as intels 7nm process, or are they describing different processes?
  • Filligree 8y ago
    They're different processes, and the way Intel describes feature sizes makes their nodes denser then the "equivalent" TSMC node. Probably not 30% denser, though.
  • sambull 8y ago
    Sounds like tsmc has a new customer
• ploxiln 8y ago
  Not really. Intel 14nm is better than TSMC 10nm. The processes are way way way more complicated than can be distilled down into a single number. And the number has become a marketing number. So yeah, Intel 10nm is perhaps somewhat comparable to TSMC 7nm. But what is "High volume production" really? This is another marketing term! Intel has produced and sold a couple 10nm chips, though they are hard to find. TSMC 7nm chips are not in any consumer's hands yet. We'll have to wait and see ...
  • glasshead969 8y ago
    We can probably expect 7nm in consumer hands this fall with iPhones. If thats the case, they are probably pretty close to High volume production.
  • 40acres 8y ago
    High volume in this case indicates that the product has reach a high level of quality in terms of defects per million and yield. 10nm is probably in the customer sampling phase, HVM means you can go to Best buy and get a 10nm laptop.