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Given the fact that process node changes are coming more slowly, and TSMC's delayed 3nm node has finally hit volume production, I have a pretty good reason not

Given the fact that process node changes are coming more slowly, and TSMC's delayed 3nm node has finally hit volume production, I have a pretty good reason not buy in at the tail end of 5nm. > Apple Has Procured TSMC's Entire First Run of 3nm Chips https://www.extremetech.com/computing/343291-apple-has-procured-tsmcs-entire-first-run-of-3nm-chips https://www.extremetech.com/computing/343291-apple-has-procu... I think lower sales are a result of the previous pandemic purchase spike, along with the M1 upgrade spike, in addition to people holding off due to the imminent release of 3nm chips.

KSS42 4y ago
It's a bit odd to me basing a purchasing decision on process nodes. I would consider overall product features rather the foundry or foundry node in of it self. In fact, I'd rather being inclined towards n-1 node and not take the risk of being first for high volume manufacturing for a new node.
- GeekyBear 4y ago
  > It's a bit odd to me basing a purchasing decision on process nodes. It's a bit odd to want a SOC with reduced power usage and/or improved performance? > Compared to TSMC's N5 manufacturing technology, the company's N3 production node promises to deliver a 10% to 15% performance improvement (at the same power and transistor count), reduce power consumption by 25% – 30% (at the same frequency and complexity), and increase logic density by around 1.6 times. https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-kicks-off-3nm-production https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-kicks-off-3nm-product...