I'm not sure where that idea came from. The last we saw was that N5 was slightly more expensive than N7, but at the time that info came out nobody but Apple co

I'm not sure where that idea came from. The last we saw was that N5 was slightly more expensive than N7, but at the time that info came out nobody but Apple could run N5 except for super expensive proto runs that even then were under tight competition. And even then, N5 is still cheaper than N10. Everything else is cheaper for gate count as you go down in gate size, and we should expect N5 to drop in price to under N7. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmcs-wafer-prices-revealed-300mm-wafer-at-5nm-is-nearly-dollar17000 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmcs-wafer-prices-reveale... Maybe this idea came from the industry not fully internalizing the consolidation in the space and how much competition for wafers affects the initial price of a new node?