TSMC to increase manufacturing in N5 and N4

Mar 23, 2022 - 20:14
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TSMC to increase manufacturing in N5 and N4

Over the course of the year, TSMC expects to raise the capacity of the N5 and N4 by 25%. This raises hopes that the product launches near the end of the year would be more than just exciting on the screen.

Customers are lining up at TSMC for manufacturing in 5 nm: currently utilized mostly by Apple, huge graphics chips will soon be made in N5 - principally by AMD and Nvidia, but also by Intel.

Simultaneously, AMD wants to migrate CPUs to the N5 - the already capped contingent is dwindling. According to a Digitimes article, TSMC expects to counteract this by increasing manufacture in N5 and N4 by 25% later this year.

Smaller chips will be used to try to persuade customers of N5 subnodes such as N5P, N4, N4P, N4X, and N4N. The latter, on the other hand, is specifically developed for Nvidia. In the next SOC generation, Apple should most likely use N5P and N5 processes, as well as an N4 process.

In addition to the N5, Mediatek should employ an N4 node. According to reports, Nvidia will produce Hopper as the N4N. The fairly large chips in the MCM design are thought to have had their manufacture adjusted to maximize yield so that they don't eat up too much of the overall budget.

According to the most recent information, TSMC's N5 should be capable of processing 120,000 wafers each month. Because of the capacity increase, they want to reach 150,000 wafers in Q3. However, one is also reliant on suppliers who supply the machinery and have huge waiting lists.

Meanwhile, Apple and Mediatek are claimed to be TSMC's two largest customers, followed by AMD's wafer arrangement, and Nvidia is thought to have bought in for a considerable sum of money - the current generation is built by Samsung.

The success of TSMC and its suppliers will have a significant impact on how the new devices will be available by the end of the year - and, eventually, decide street costs. With high availability, the price gouging of dealers and intermediaries is effectively turned off.

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