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Foundries IEDM 2022

IEDM 2022: Did We Just Witness The Death Of SRAM?

December 14, 2022December 15, 2022 David Schor 3 nm, cache, IEDM, N3, N3B, N3E, SRAM, TSMC

IEDM 2022: Did we just witness the death of SRAM? While foundries continue to show strong logic transistor scaling, SRAM scaling has completely collapsed.

Process Technologies

N3E Replaces N3; Comes In Many Flavors

September 4, 2022September 4, 2022 David Schor 3 nm, FinFlex, N3, N3E, TSMC

TSMC outlines a number of 3-nanometer class node changes and flavors.

Foundries Process Technologies Roadmaps Subscriber Only Content

TSMC 2021 Foundry Update: Foundry Roadmap

July 6, 2021July 6, 2021 David Schor 3 nm, 4 nm, 5 nm, 6 nm, 7 nm, Extreme Ultraviolet (EUV) Lithography, FinFET, N2 2 nm, N3, N4, N5, N6, N7, subscriber only (general), TSMC

TSMC 2021 foundry update

Foundries Process Technologies Roadmaps

TSMC Ramps 5nm, Discloses 3nm to Pack Over a Quarter-Billion Transistors Per Square Millimeter

April 17, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 3 nm, 5 nm, FinFET, N3, N5, N5P, N7, N7P, TSMC

TSMC reports a flat Q1 amid the COVID-19 pandemic, ramps its 5nm node with good yield and discloses key 3-nanometer (N3) details. N3 will be a full node jump over N5 and is expected to offer over a quarter-billion transistors per each millimeter square of silicon.

Foundries

TSMC Q4: 7nm Dominates Revenue, Preps 5nm Ramp, 6nm By EOY

January 17, 2020May 25, 2021 David Schor 3nm, 5nm, 7nm, N3, N5, N6, N7, TSMC

7-nanometer contributes the lion’s share of wafer revenue to TSMC’s fourth-quarter driven by growth from smartphones and HPC. The foundry is also preparing the 5-nanometer node for early this year and the 6-nanometer by the end of the year.