News TSMC's 3nm update: N3P in production, N3X on track

[Admin]

TSMC has begun production of chips on its performance-enhanced N3P node, plans to follow with the high-frequency N3X variant.

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[Mr Majestyk]

N3B never achieved those improvements over n5. It was the worst generational uplift in history. All well documented by semianalysis and also n3 should be compared to N4 not N5 which makes at least initial N3 look even worse given it's far higher wafer costs.

 

[shady28]

N3B never achieved those improvements over n5. It was the worst generational uplift in history. All well documented by semianalysis and also n3 should be compared to N4 not N5 which makes at least initial N3 look even worse given it's far higher wafer costs.

We really haven't had 'generational' moves since N7 came out in 2018. N7 was also the inflection point where the improved density did not overcome the increased cost per wafer, so per unit cost begins to rise.