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TSMC's original 7nm process 7FF did not use EUV. They did introduce EUV for certain layers in N7+, their "second generation" 7nm process. Don't confuse N7+ with
by exmadscientist 6y ago
TSMC's original 7nm process 7FF did not use EUV. They did introduce EUV for certain layers in N7+, their "second generation" 7nm process. Don't confuse N7+ with N7P, the performance-improved version of 7FF....
There's more information at https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/2567/tsmc-talks-7nm-5nm-yield-and-next-gen-5g-and-hpc-packaging/ https://fuse.wikichip.org/news/2567/tsmc-talks-7nm-5nm-yield... or https://community.cadence.com/cadence_blogs_8/b/breakfast-bytes/posts/tsmc-may-2020 https://community.cadence.com/cadence_blogs_8/b/breakfast-by... .
(This is why I always try to give the full name of the process, in as much specificity as I know it; it's very easy to talk at cross purposes about N7+ and N7P despite them being quite different.)
- tgflynn 6y agoOK, but it still looks like N7+ has been shipping for almost a year so I think my main point still stands.