TSMC confirms plan to invest $25 billion in 5nm

Posted on Friday, June 22 2018 @ 10:56 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck

TSMC announced yesterday that it plans to invest $25 billion in 5nm manufacturing technology. With the big investment, TSMC hopes to secure future business from Apple, which is one of its biggest clients.

No further details were provided. According to earlier report, TSMC plans to offer 5nm risk production in late 2019. This process is aimed at high performance computing as well as mobile applications. Presumably, the process will be ready for mass production in 2020.

The 5nm process from TSMC promises 15 percent higher performance or 20 percent lower power connsumption, and a 1.8x greater density, in comparison with the firm's 7nm (non-EUV) process.

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