The first chips start to be manufactured at 7nm
Table of contents:
- Lower consumption and higher performance processors in 7nm (nanomilimeters).
- From these wafers come the processors that any computer uses
One of the most important microchip manufacturers in the world, TSMC, will begin this year to manufacture the chips in a 7nm process, something that Samsung has recently announced and which will require the use of the new extreme ultraviolet-based " nanolithography " (EUV) which will require a huge investment from the manufacturer.
Lower consumption and higher performance processors in 7nm (nanomilimeters).
After Samsung announced a few days ago that it already has everything ready to start manufacturing 7nm chips, TSMC did not want to be left behind in announcing that this year they will start testing at 7nm to have everything ready for mass production of microchips with this novel manufacturing process for 2017.
To give you an idea, currently the new 6th generation Intel " Skylake " processors use a manufacturing process of 14nm (nanomilimeters), 7nm processors would require half the energy to work, this translates into cooler processors and therefore they can yield much more. According to estimates, the benefit of going from 10nm to 7nm would translate into 30-40% less consumption and a performance gain of 15-20%, not counting the reduction in space.
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From these wafers come the processors that any computer uses
Currently TSMC manufactures chips for the most important companies such as Nvidia, Qualcomm, VIA, Apple for the manufacture of the iPhone chips and even Intel, which often outsources the production of their processors.
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