by ittan on 10/7/21, 11:49 PM with 124 comments
by MangoCoffee on 10/8/21, 2:27 AM
I believe GAA is the next gen tech for the node process. Samsung is the first foundry to do GAA w/3nm while TSMC is sticking w/FinFET for their 3nm. It'll be interesting to see how 3nm FinFET compare to 3nm GAA.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/16041/where-are-my-gaafets-ts...
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>After that, transistor structures begin to change. Samsung and TSMC are manufacturing chips at 7nm and 5nm based on today’s finFETs. Samsung will move to nanosheet FETs at 3nm. Intel is also developing GAA technology. TSMC plans to extend finFETs to 3nm, and then will migrate to nanosheet FETs at 2nm around 2024.
https://semiengineering.com/the-increasingly-uneven-race-to-...
by 1-6 on 10/8/21, 1:26 AM
by nabaraz on 10/8/21, 12:51 AM
In this case,
Samsung's 3nm = Intel's 7nm
I am still waiting for a standard based on transistor density numbers!
by catmanjan on 10/8/21, 12:55 AM
by spark3k on 10/8/21, 12:35 AM
by kulor on 10/8/21, 12:39 PM
Off the back of this episode, I can't help but feel TSMC's monopoly needs disrupting with players like Samsung to contend with Taiwan & China's geopolitical tension.
by yboris on 10/8/21, 4:27 AM
https://www.tomshardware.com/news/samsung-foundry-to-produce...
by pabs3 on 10/8/21, 4:00 AM
Is transistor density the best measure of chip competitiveness these days?
by hokumguru on 10/8/21, 12:50 AM
by freen on 10/8/21, 2:40 AM