And TSMC’s 3nm will look like Intel’s 5nm. The confusion over the nodes is a minor issue, however. It pales in comparison to the technical and economic challenges in terms of moving to 5nm and beyond.

Let's rewind to 2013 and the A7, Apple's first 64-bit chip built on TSMC's 28nm process. At the time, those 28nm wafers cost ...

TSMC increases wafer pricing with each new node although transistor density increases slowdown, says analysis.

From 14nm to 10nm, there is more than 20% improvement, and at less than 10nm there is more than 20%. At 3nm, there is about 20% improvement, analysts said. However, the industry was forced to move ...

MediaTek and TSMC announced their collaboration on the 3nm chip today. The chipmaker revealed that it has taped out its flagship Dimensity SoC using TSMC's 3nm process technology. This marks the ...

Rocket Lake was the last CPU family to use Intel’s old 14nm process, which had been used for several generations of products since its introduction in 2014. Intel plans to stop producing its ...

Analyst Ben Bajarin is estimating that TSMC’s 3nm wafers are running Apple about $18,000 a pop. Apple uses the 3nm process for its A17 and A18 smartphone chips. That’s a hefty price tag ...

TAIPEI — United Microelectronics Corp. (UMC), which has once again become the world’s second-largest chip foundry, said Wednesday (April 29) that it will skip the 20 nm technology node as it aims to ...

According to PatentlyApple, the firm is planning to conduct 3nm chips' risk production this year and start the mass production in the second half of 2021. The company has also reportedly disclosed ...