It’s well known that TSMC is the only company at that stage. Nobody else in the ...

xadhominemx · on Aug 27, 2020

TSMC isn’t close to 3nm either... TSMC “3nm” is Intel 5nm. TSMC doesn’t get to Intel 3nm for at least 4 years.

ahmedalsudani · on Aug 27, 2020

Sure. But Intel 7nm isn’t TSMC 5nm ... and Intel isn’t at 7nm yet.

xadhominemx · on Aug 27, 2020

Intel 7nm is better than TSMC 5nm

ahmedalsudani · on Aug 28, 2020

Oh interesting—I wasn’t aware of that.

Apparently that’s according to Intel folks discussing it before they can produce it though. We’ll only really know when it’s ready. A lot of times, you make compromises to get something to market... so maybe even Intel 7nm won’t end up being “Intel 7nm” ;)

steve_musk · on Aug 27, 2020

Intel 7nm doesn’t exist, and TSMC 5nm chips have been in production for months now.

xadhominemx · on Aug 27, 2020

Yes I know...