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These chips are probably aimed first and formost at civil production, in particular for car/plane/boats (for domestic and export needs) and consumer electronics
by makeitdouble 3y ago
These chips are probably aimed first and formost at civil production, in particular for car/plane/boats (for domestic and export needs) and consumer electronics, from rice cookers to door bells etc.
For Japan it's a crucial bet, a lot more than other countries in America or the EU as it's the crux of the economy.
- sofixa 3y ago> consumer electronics, from rice cookers to door bells I doubt rice cookers and toasters are using the latest chips for TSMC. E.g. the ESP32 microcontrollers are manufactured by TSMC on 40nm, and there are a bunch of different companies that have similarly sized/powerful microcontrollers being manufactured (e.g. STMicro).
- makeitdouble 3y agoIf I get your point, the question would why have TSMC make these low end cheaper chip in Japan when they abund on the market ? The whole effort of bringing TSMC factories to Japan was triggered by the shortage a few years ago, when I think a Toyota factories had to slow down as they couldn't get enough chips to meet the production goals. They'll probably rely on TSMC to make the deal work even if external competitors offer better prices or availability in the short term.
- obmelvin 3y agoIsn't this about 6 and 7mm nodes? Aren't those still pretty good nodes with lower costs than the cutting edge (3nm and lower)?
- makeitdouble 3y agoIt's planned to produce from 40nm down to 6~7nm. Now, the 6~7nm might end as an empty promise, if TSMC wants to keep more advantage at home.