Tsmc to manufacture euv n5 chips for twice the density of transistors
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Today we have the details of six of TSMC's performance nodes and five packaging techniques. The nodes extend into 2023, and the techniques will range from mobile SoCs to 5G modems and front-end receivers. TSMC had a busy VLSI Symposium earlier this year, where it showed off a custom built eighth core A72 chiplet capable of 4GHz frequency at 1.20V. TSMC also introduced tungsten disulfide as channel material for conduction at 3nm and beyond.
The first 5nm TSMC chips will arrive in 2021
After TSMC's presentation at Semicon West this year, the good folks at Wikichip have consolidated the company's process node and packaging plans. Although the N7 + is TSMC's first EUV-based node, the chips made with this technology are not the most advanced silicon that EUV uses.
The first 'full' TSMC node after N7 is N5 with three intermediate nodes that take advantage of the IP and design of N7
Behind node N7 is TSMC's N7P process, which is an optimization of the former based on DUV. The N7P uses the N7 design rules, is IP compliant with the N7, and uses FEOL (Front-end of the-line) and MOL (Middle-of-line) enhancements to deliver a 7% performance boost or boost 10% energy efficiency.
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Risky production for TSMC's 5nm node, known as the N5, started on April 4, and a single report from Taiwan suggests the process will end in mass production after next year (2021). TSMC expects production to increase in 2020, and the factory has invested heavily in process development as the N5 is the first true successor to the N7 with EUV.
Chips made using the N5 will be twice as dense (171.3 MTR / mm²) as those made through the N7, and will allow users to get 15% more performance or reduce power consumption by 30% with regarding the N7. However, FEOL and MOL optimizations will take place on the N5P. Through them, the N5P will improve performance by 7% or power consumption by 15%.
In this way, the processors and SoCs of PCs, mobile devices, 5G and other devices are approaching a new era, which will improve their performance and allow greater energy savings.
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