News

TSMC will start researching its 1,4nm process soon

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. has established a roadmap for your N2 manufacturing process, 2nm; which will enter high-volume manufacturing in 2025. According to a recent report, TSMC will formally reveal its 1,4nm technology in June this year now that they have designed their 2nm nodes.

Business Korea claims that TSMC intends to move the team that developed its N3 node to the development of its 1,4nm-class manufacturing process in June. Foundries and chip designers rarely openly announce R&D milestones, so it is unlikely that TSMC will issue a press release stating that development of its 1,4nm technology has begun. But TSMC is scheduled to hold its Technology Symposium in mid-June, at which the company could provide brief details about the node that will replace its N2 production process.

After 2nm, TSMC aspires to develop 1,4nm

The phases of the standard process technology design flow are pathfinding and research and development. Pathfinding includes fundamental investigation of materials and their physics. It is usually carried out simultaneously for several nodes. It is likely that the investigation TSMC N2 is finished right now, so teams focusing on fundamental physics and chemistry are already working on a successor to N2, which could be designated 1,4nm, or 14 angstroms.

construction manufactures tsmc for intel foxconn chips covid 19 coronavirus vaccines

El N2 from TSMC is based on full gate field effect transistors, although it will use existing extreme ultraviolet lithography with a numerical aperture of 0,33 NA. Given the current information on TSMC's N2, it is likely that its successor will keep the GAA transistors, but the main question is whether it will transition to EUV tools with an NA of 0,55 or with a high NA.

TSMC's N2 reaches mass production by the end of 2025, with its first final products expected to arrive by 2026. Since TSMC's node introduction rate has risen from one every two and a half years to three, we can expect the process of TSMC's 1,4nm (or 14 angstroms) is used for commercial products from 2028.

Source: Guru3D

Show more

Benjamin Rosa

Madrileño whose publishing career began in 2009. I love investigating curiosities that I later bring to you, readers, in articles. I studied photography, a skill that I use to create humorous photomontages.

Related publications

Leave your comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked with *

Button back to top
Close

Ad blocker detected

This site is financed through the use of advertising, we always ensure that it is not too intrusive for the reader and we prioritize the reader's experience on the web. But if you block ads, some of our funding will be reduced.