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> N2 is shaping up to be TSMC's most important node since N7 Is it? N2, from an energy & perf improvement seems on par with any generation node update.
by alberth 1y ago
> N2 is shaping up to be TSMC's most important node since N7
Is it?
N2, from an energy & perf improvement seems on par with any generation node update.
N2:N3 N3:N5 N5:N7
Power ~30% ~30% ~30%
Perf ~15% ~15% ~15%
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-reveals-2nm-fabrication-process https://www.tomshardware.com/news/tsmc-reveals-2nm-fabricati...
- aurareturn 1y agoYes. It has more tape outs at this stage of development than both N5 or N3. It’s wildly popular for chip designers it seems.
- alberth 1y agoI thought Apple gets exclusive access to the latest node for the first 1-2 years. Is that not the case?
- aurareturn 1y agoNo. That's not the case. Maybe for a few months only.
- alberth 1y agoCorrect me if I'm wrong but didn't TSMC launch N3 in 2022, and still only Apple uses this latest/smallest node. Both AMD and NVIDIA are using N4.
- aurareturn 1y agoApple, Mediatek, Qualcomm, Intel