TSMC’s 5nm is expensive, but irreplaceable for complex chips.
TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearly $17,000 : Read more
TSMC’s Wafer Prices Revealed: 300mm Wafer at 5nm Is Nearly $17,000 : Read more
The 16nm and 12nm nodes cost basically the same. These were the nodes that Pascal and Turing were on respectively, yet NVIDIA wanted to add around 60% more transistors between the GP102 (1080 Ti) and TU102 (2080 Ti).
Where do you think NVIDIA was going to recoup the cost of making Turing?