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First of TSMC’s 3nm IC Products Go to Apple and Intel
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) has selected Apple and Intel to be the first to use their 3-nm technology next year, according to Nikkei Asia. We also cover in Musing Technology a report that TSMC is pursuing a 1-nm process. The development is just another indication of TSMC’s vital role in U.S. companies' chip ambitions, even as Washington attempts to bring more semiconductor production to American soil. Commercial output of the 3-nm chips is expected to start in the second half of next year.
According to TSMC, 3-nm technology can increase computing performance by 10% to 15% compared with 5-nm, while reducing power consumption by 25% to 30%. Apple's iPad will likely be the first devices powered by processors made using 3-nm technology, sources said. The next generation of iPhones, which are to roll out next year, are expected to use 4-nm tech for scheduling reasons. Intel is working with TSMC on at least two 3-nm projects to design central processing units for notebooks and data center servers in an attempt to regain market share it has lost to Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia over the past few years. Mass production of these chips is expected to begin by the end of 2022 at the earliest.
For Intel, which both designs and manufactures chips, the collaboration with TSMC should tide the company over until it can get its own in-house production technology on track. The company has delayed the introduction of its own 7-nm production technology to around 2023, well behind Asian rivals TSMC and Samsung Electronics. The release of Intel's latest Xeon processors powered by the company's 10-nm technology has also been delayed from the end of this year to the second quarter of next year, the company said. Intel failure to produce competitive IC technology has opened the door to rivals, AMD and Nvidia as they take market share from Intel. AMD’s notebook processor market share rose from 11% in 2019 to more than 20% last year, Nvidia, announced it will move into the server chip market to grab market share from Intel. Nvidia's first server CPU chip will use TSMC's 5-nm tech and will be available by early 2023, according to Nvidia.
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.'s (TSMC) has selected Apple and Intel to be the first to use their 3-nm technology next year, according to Nikkei Asia. We also cover in Musing Technology a report that TSMC is pursuing a 1-nm process. The development is just another indication of TSMC’s vital role in U.S. companies' chip ambitions, even as Washington attempts to bring more semiconductor production to American soil. Commercial output of the 3-nm chips is expected to start in the second half of next year.
According to TSMC, 3-nm technology can increase computing performance by 10% to 15% compared with 5-nm, while reducing power consumption by 25% to 30%. Apple's iPad will likely be the first devices powered by processors made using 3-nm technology, sources said. The next generation of iPhones, which are to roll out next year, are expected to use 4-nm tech for scheduling reasons. Intel is working with TSMC on at least two 3-nm projects to design central processing units for notebooks and data center servers in an attempt to regain market share it has lost to Advanced Micro Devices and Nvidia over the past few years. Mass production of these chips is expected to begin by the end of 2022 at the earliest.
For Intel, which both designs and manufactures chips, the collaboration with TSMC should tide the company over until it can get its own in-house production technology on track. The company has delayed the introduction of its own 7-nm production technology to around 2023, well behind Asian rivals TSMC and Samsung Electronics. The release of Intel's latest Xeon processors powered by the company's 10-nm technology has also been delayed from the end of this year to the second quarter of next year, the company said. Intel failure to produce competitive IC technology has opened the door to rivals, AMD and Nvidia as they take market share from Intel. AMD’s notebook processor market share rose from 11% in 2019 to more than 20% last year, Nvidia, announced it will move into the server chip market to grab market share from Intel. Nvidia's first server CPU chip will use TSMC's 5-nm tech and will be available by early 2023, according to Nvidia.
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