The 7nm node already represents 10% of tsmc's profits

TSMC is one of the world leaders in silicon manufacturing, acting as one of three companies that currently produce “state-of-the-art” transistors, two if discounted by Intel, which rarely allows its technology to be used by third parties.

They expect the 7nm node to represent 20% of TSMC's earnings in 2019

In its fourth quarter financial statements, TSMC confirmed that its 7nm node represented almost 10% of the company's revenue in 2018, with a revenue share of up to 23% in the fourth quarter, outperforming all other nodes that the company currently produces. In 2019, TSMC expects 7nm to represent more than 20% of its annual earnings.

In the PC industry, AMD has become one of the first to adopt the new 7nm node, using it to create its Vega chips, which is used in the latest Radeon Instinct series graphics cards for deep learning, as well as the Radeon VII GPU for gaming. In mid-2019 AMD also hopes to launch its third-generation Ryzen and second-generation EPYC processors, which will also use the 7nm node.

TSMC is benefiting from GlobalFoundries' decision to abandon 7nm manufacturing because of its high costs. So all those who were planning to use GlobalFoundries machinery have had to move that manufacturing to TSMC, including AMD.

The manufacturer already has plans to start manufacturing 5nm nodes as early as 2020, proving that they are one step ahead of any other silicon manufacturer with cutting-edge technology.

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