TSMC Process Roadmap and Status

Asianometery YT channel had a good vid on EUV just a few months back. Very much worth the watch.
I'll find a linky later

 

https://wccftech.com/tsmc-cuts-down-orders-by-up-to-50-sending-shockwaves-says-report/

 

the chip shortage is finally over

 

Does this mean I'm getting 20 Raspberry Pis for Christmas?

 

if you have 20 back orders, then no

 

little crosspost from the news page

TSMC’s 1-nm chip manufacturing process is starting to take shape. Further miniaturization of the semiconductor process technologies increases resistance at contacts, so TSMC and other mega fabs are striving to find a contact material that has a very low resistance, can transfer high currents, and can be used for volume production.

 

Interesting article;

https://www.semianalysis.com/p/a-century-of-moores-law

 

Jim Keller in an interview with Lex (name escapes me right now, I'll remember and link soon) said it really well. I won't try to repeat it but the basics were - anyone in the industry saying MsL is dead isn't seeing the (massive) picture. Just because one particular science/area is grinding to a halt doesn't mean everything everywhere is. Just as one technology runs out of puff another steps in to replace it. It's just down to R&D.
The industry is so big and such high complexity that not many people can see it all of the incoming tech at once.
He didn't think there was an end in sight in his lifetime

 

It's not this one is it? I really enjoy Lex Fridman's podcast's / conversations.

 

That's the one well actually there are two interviews about a year and a bit apart, both are quite long and in depth but hell, they are good to listen to.
Well worth it in a rainy afternoon to just sit and listen to that smart car talk silicon, people and all sorts of stuff.
I'll probably through them on again at some point myself as there is tons to unpack

 

From https://twitter.com/dnystedt/status/1627829057504280576

 

Yesterday I saw Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. If you'd ask me right after seeing the movie, I might have commented along the lines of "You know, I'm something of a scientist myself."

 

Missed this one...

https://www.patentlyapple.com/2023/...rogress-for-2nm-chips-is-better-than-ori.html

 

https://twitter.com/dnystedt/status/1673503824865300480

 

TSMC hit by ransomware attack

 

I believe the term they are looking for is blackmailed, not ransomed.

 

not strictly TSMC specific, but worth a look

 

TSMC N2 process looks good!

 

5 and 3 are amazing low rates given how well considered the rates on 7 were

You'd think that'd make them cheaper ....