TSMC now making 130,000 7nm wafers a month

TSMC now has the lead in the semiconductor manufacturing race and the company isn't slowing down. DigiTimes reports the Taiwanese foundry is now making 130,000 7nm wafers a month. The 7nm output is expected to rise to 140,000 wafers a month by the end of this year. TSMC's 7nm capacity is tightly booked and it's believed that this is one of the reasons why NVIDIA had to pick Samsung's 8nm node for the initial Ampere GPU wave.

TSMC is fast expanding output for advanced manufacturing nodes. Its 7nm process has already seen output reach 130,000 wafers monthly, with production to be rising further by the end of the year. Apple is expected to continue to rely on TSMC to build the chips for its next-generation iPhone for 2021, but the iPhone ecosystem faces a major shakeup next year. For Google, it is developing its next-generation Chromebook in collaboration with its ODM partner, Compal Electronics.