The 5nm tsmc offer 80% higher density than the 7nm

The first 7nm processors and graphics cards are just starting out this year, but TSMC is already preparing everything for the next step, which will be 5nm. These new 5nm nodes would be used en masse from the year 2020 and promise a density 80% greater than what the 7nm offers today.

TSMC already has the 5 nm node ready for 2020

AMD has been one of the first companies to adopt the 7nm node for its next products, such as Ryzen 3000 (Zen) processors, the new EPYC 'Rome' series or Navi- based graphics cards. In addition, they already have the first graphics card that uses this node, the Radeon VII.

According to estimates, TSMC's 5nm node will allow 80% more transistors than on a 7nm Ryzen chip. A very important leap that will result in higher performance and lower power consumption.

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"With the best density performance, power and best transistor technology, " says Wei at the TSMC Q1 earnings conference, "We expect most of our customers using 7nm today to adopt 5nm. "

TSMC also has a 6nm node prepared, but the jump from 7nm would not be so beastly, we are talking about a density of 18% more in favor of 6N compared to 7N.

We know that the Zen 2 is coming this year, and that the Zen 3 design that will appear in 2020 will use TSMC's 7nm + compatible design. But with the arrival of 6nm at the end of next year we could see Zen 4 processors in early 2021 at the 6nm node, or making the leap directly to 5nm.

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