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TSMC to manufacture 2nm chips in 2025. Apple and Intel first to adopt
- mromanuk 4y agoEven more impressive is Intel's decision to outsource their own processors to TSMC.
- api 4y agoAFAIK Intel is splitting its fab business into an owned but functionally more separate unit. The chip design unit will fab where it is best to do so and the fab unit will take whatever business is best to take. This could theoretically mean Intel making chips for AMD if it really does go this way.
- sct202 4y agoIntel previously stated that they were ramping their similar level of tech (20A) in 2024. So outsourcing to TSMC at a later date seems like they aren't expecting their internal fabs to be able to supply enough for what they need.
- NonEUCitizen 4y ago...while at the same time asking congress for more handouts to build its own fabs.
- john567 4y agoAnd how they secured allocation and AMD didn't? Why would that be the case?
- taraharris 4y agoI can't get past the paywall. I'm curious about where TSMC's fabs will be located, given the increased potential of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan, and the desire of the United States to retain control of advanced chip fabrication technology.
- rrss 4y agoTaiwan
- zardo 4y agoHas something changed between China and Taiwan? Why do you think an invasion has become more likely?
- CyanBird 4y agoIt is just that Anglo media has been itching for a new enemy, so there has been more speculative articles and reporting on that topic these last couple years and Angloworld public opinion has shifted alongside it Sad state of affairs, but not much that can be done about it
- captainredbeard 4y agoRead the SCMP, it’s not Anglo media…
- PlanckMeasure80 4y agoDo you think it’s related to Hong Kong or Xinjiang? Or even that Xi himself is ramping up tensions? >No one should underestimate the Chinese people's staunch determination, firm will, and strong ability to defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity," Xi said. "The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled." >He struck a slightly softer tone than in July, his last major speech mentioning Taiwan, in which he vowed to "smash" any attempts at formal independence. In 2019, he directly threatened to use force to bring the island under Beijing's control. >China's air force mounted four straight days of incursions into Taiwan's air defence identification zone from Oct. 1, involving close to 150 aircraft, though those missions have since ended. Xi made no mention of those flights. https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-says-reunification-with-taiwan-must-will-be-realised-2021-10-09/ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/chinas-xi-says-reunifica...
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- imtringued 4y agoPlease avoid arguments that refer to the impossibility of manufacturing a planar transistor this small. These manufacturing processes no longer use planar transistors, they just use density numbers to work backwards to what the size of the planar transistors would have to be to reach an equivalent density. The fact that those theoretical planar transistors are different for each manufacturer adds even more confusion. It's like how tank protection is rated with rolled homogenous armor. When a tank has a 900mm RHA rating, there isn't actually a 900mm thick steel plate, it means the armor is equally effective as a steel plate with that thickness.
- xyzzy21 4y agoThis is true - for "reasons", the same scheme is used back-calculating from total transistor density back to "if only it were planar, the effective dimension would be".
- renox 4y agoSigh, when are we going to get rid of this meaningless figure?? Million of transistors per mm2 is a much more interesting metric.