TSMC 2nm chip plans announced, a day after Intel said it could catch up

guest · Jul 29, 2021

TSMC 2nm chip plans announced, a day after Intel said it could catch up
July 28, 2021
https://9to5mac.com/2021/07/28/tsmc-2nm-production-set-for-2023/

TSMC 2nm production is likely to begin sometime in 2023, after the company got the green light for its most advanced chipmaking process yet.

The news comes just one day after Intel said it believed it could catch, and overtake, TSMC’s chipmaking capabilities within four years…
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But the smaller the process, the greater the challenge of shrinking it yet further.

TSMC’s move to 3nm is expected to make it into an iPhone in 2023.
TSMC 2nm plans
Nikkei Asia reports that the Taiwanese government has now approved TSMC plan for a 2nm process. Test production is likely to start in 2023, paving the way for use in an iPhone in 2024.
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Nikkei Asia: Taiwan gives TSMC green light for most advanced chip plant

TSMC plans to build a 2-nanometer chip facility in Hsinchu, one of Taiwan's most important chipmaking centers.

The Environmental Review Committee, a cross government and academic environmental regulatory body, approved the plan on Wednesday. This clears the way for TSMC to start construction of the facility in early 2022, and begin installing production equipment by 2023, sources familiar with the plan told Nikkei Asia.

"Semiconductor is one of the most crucial industries to Taiwan's economic growth," Economics Vice Minister Lin Chuan-neng said at the environmental review committee meeting. "The government will help TSMC to achieve its environmental targets while continuing to build the advanced technologies."
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The planned 2-nm chip plant will be located in Hsinchu's Baoshan township and cover nearly 50 acres. It is expected to use 98,000 tons of water a day -- roughly 50% of TSMC's total daily water consumption in 2020. The chipmaker has promised to use 10% recycled water by 2025 and reach 100% reused water by 2030 at the new Baoshan facility.
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