TSMC Will Start Production of 3 nm Architecture Chips Next Year

The world's largest semiconductor manufacturer TSMChas started to take faster steps in terms of production architecture compared to recent years. Apple, Qualcomm, Huawei The company produces chips for companies such as 5nm It is making preparations for the production of 3 nm architecture chips before distributing its architecture chips. It is thought that the first production of 3 nm architecture chips will start this year, and mass production will start in 2021.

The company, which invested $15 billion this year alone, aims to increase technological devices, especially smartphones, to high performance levels by consuming lower energy. This year, the company will meet the 5 nm chip orders of companies such as Huawei, Apple and Qualcomm, and with this move, the number of transistors in semiconductors will be approximately increased. 77 percent will increase by . 5 nm chips, which are more powerful and consume less energy than the currently popular 7 nm architecture, are among the issues that companies attach most importance to. 

This new architecture will be used mostly in areas that need to deliver a lot of power without consuming much energy, such as smartphones. For example, while Apple's A12 Bionic chipset had 6.9 billion transistors, the A13 Bionic had 8.5 billion transistors. There will be a significant increase in the A14 Bionic, which will come with 5 nm architecture. 15 billion transistors It is expected to happen. We still have not fully seen the power of this architecture, but with the iPhone 12 to be introduced soon, we will get to know more closely what effects the 5 nm architecture has.

Chips with 3 nm architecture will also be produced

Although it has a kind of monopoly in the market, it wants to widen the gap with its competitors. TSMCAccording to MyDrivers, it plans to start production of 3 nm architecture chips next year. These chips, which will be produced to distribute them to manufacturers who want to purchase them before moving on to the standard procedure, will be based on 5 nm architecture chips. 10 percent to 15 percent between performance increase will provide and 20 percent to 25 percent between energy efficiency It is stated that it will offer. According to reports, the first chipset in which the company will use the 3 nm architecture decisively is expected to be released by Apple in 2022. A16 Bionic It is thought to be a chipset.