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How is Amazon able to product their arm chips for aws? Assuming those are not the 5nm?

• smoldesu 5y ago
  There's still 5nm silicon for sale, but just not at TSCM (the largest semiconductor manufacturer in the world). Companies like Samsung are just now getting around to mass-producing 5nm, and afaik there were a few domestic Chinese manufacturers who claimed to be on the node too. As for Amazon specifically though, I've got no idea. They're a large enough company that they could buy out an entire fab or foundry if they wanted, AWS makes more than enough money to cover the costs.
  • pezezin 5y ago
    Nitpick: it's TSMC, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.
    • smoldesu 5y ago
      Good catch, my mind always interprets it as Taiwan Semi-Conductor Manufacturer
      • pezezin 5y ago
        Yeah, I always need to think twice before writing or saying their name. Same with ASML. I guess there is a reason why TLAs are much more common than FLAs.