TSMC plans 3nm production in 2022

Posted on Friday, December 06 2019 @ 13:37 CET by Thomas De Maesschalck

Taiwanese semiconductor foundry TSMC is moving full-steam ahead with its roadmap. The company plans to offer 5nm volume production in the second half of 2020 and will soon break ground for its 3nm factory. Volume production at that facility is expected to kick off in 2022.

TSMC to kick off 3nm process manufacturing in 2022: TSMC is firmly on track to move 5nm process technology to commercial production in the first half of 2020 and will kick off production of chips built using a newer 3nm process node in 2022, according to JK Wang, the firm's senior vice president for fab operations.

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