Nowadays, in the field of chip manufacturers, we mainly have TSMC and Samsung Foundry. Both are now capable of producing processors and other chips using the 3nm process. While Samsung already uses GAA (Gate-All-Around) technology for the 3nm process, in the case of TSMC this only happens with the 2nm process. We know that Samsung is planning a 2nm process in 2025 and is even planning 1.4nm for 2027. When TSMC the known plans so far ended with the 2nm N2 process coming in 2025 and the improved N2P variant a year later. It was clear, however, that the company is also thinking about the more distant future, and now information is appearing on the Internet about what is coming after the 2nm process.
Geoffrey Yeap of TSMC talking
N2 mass production 2025
A14 in development (first time they’ve said the name??)
Talking about backside power delivery network
PPACt – Power, Performance, Area, Cost, Time to market pic.twitter.com/7ngKVRSSfK— Dylan Patel @ Neurips (@dylan522p) December 13, 2023
As with Samsung, in this case it should be about 1,4nm proces. However, it seems that as decimal numbers for nanometers begin to be used, the nomenclature will need to be changed, and so the process should be called A14. Unfortunately, that’s all we know about the new product, at least a little bit specific. In the presentation, where the development of the A14 process was discussed, it was mentioned that deployment is mainly in AI, which should be the main driver for new technologies. It is believed that the new process could appear in 2027 (eg Apple A19 processors?) or 2028 (then it could be Apple A20 if Apple sticks with its nomenclature).
2023-12-15 14:36:52
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