TSMC's Taiwanese foundry is the largest in Asia, even ahead of Samsung. This good moment of the company is mainly given by AMD, which is selling the Ryzen 3000 like churros. There is even talk that the company is having significant problems meeting demand. But the foundry already looks at 7nm EUV (7nm +) and 5nm.
A few days ago TSMC indicated that the 7nm EUV would already be ready for mass production of chips. They also indicate that the 5nm design has been completed and the testing process for its mass production is now beginning. The first batches of chips in 5nm will be limited to a few customers, since starting the boot will not be easy.
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The China Times indicates that TSMC's three preferred customers for 5nm will be AMD, Apple and HiSilicon, this subsidiary Huawei's processor division. By the end of 2020 we will see Apple and HiSilicon processors with the 5nm lithography. By early 2021 we could have 5nm processors from AMD. So it would be ruled out that before 2021 we see Ryzen processors at 5nm.
Zen3 would arrive in 2020 under the 7nm EUV lithography, which is the improved version of the current 7nm. A 15% CPI improvement is expected for this new lithograph. By 2021 we would see the arrival of Zen4 under the 5nm lithography and possibly we will already see a new socket.
The truth is that AMD could even take it easy for a season, because Intel is very lost. Intel has yet to release the 10nm processors and it is unknown when they will release the processors under this lithograph. This, together with the greater demand than production capacity, is putting the company in trouble. Obviously AMD is doing its best to get the most out of it.
Source: wccftech
